KR20010047903A - Apparatus for shortened dialing employing a charateristic for use in an telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for abbreviated dialing by using character provided on telephone keypad is provided to give the convenience to a user by registering the first character of a recipient as an abbreviated number into a telephone. CONSTITUTION: A memory unit(300) registers a phone number of a recipient corresponding to an abbreviated number. A dialing key pad(200) includes characters that are allocated to corresponding selected phone number button and creates a combined number as the abbreviated number. In response to the abbreviated number created from the dialog key pad(200), a controller(500) dials the telephone number of the recipient corresponding to the abbreviated number retrieved from the memory unit(300). The characters are alphabets.

Description

Speed dialing device using text on a phone {APPARATUS FOR SHORTENED DIALING EMPLOYING A CHARATERISTIC FOR USE IN AN TELEPHONE SET}

The present invention relates to a telephone having a speed dial function, and more particularly, to an apparatus for performing a speed dial function by using a character such as a Korean consonant or an English alphabet.

Typically, a regular telephone or a portable mobile telephone has a speed dialing function. This speed dialing function registers only one or two number combinations corresponding to the called party's telephone number that the user needs as a speed dial number, and selects the speed dial number to automatically send the corresponding called party's phone number. to be. However, in the case of users who need dozens or hundreds of phone numbers and dozens of phone calls a day or more, there is an inconvenience in that the speed dial number must be memorized of the recipient's phone number.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and in the telephone having a speed dialing function to register a speed dial number using a combination of letters, and to select a speed dial number with a letter combination to allow the caller to call. It is an object to provide a device.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, a speed dialing apparatus using letters in a telephone having a speed dialing function includes: memory means in which a telephone number of a called party corresponding to a speed dial number is registered; A dialing keypad of a telephone, wherein one or more letters are assigned in association with each number button for selecting the telephone number, and for generating a number combination of the number button corresponding to the selected combination of letters as the shortcut number; And control means for dialing the called party's telephone number corresponding to the shortcut number from the memory means in response to the shortcut number generated on the dialing keypad.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the letter is a consonant of Korean or an alphabet of English, and the combination of letters is characterized by first consonants or first alphabets of the first and last consonants of the first and last address of the called party.

1 is a diagram illustrating an external configuration of a telephone to be applied in the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the phone to be applied in the present invention,

3A and 3B illustrate the configuration of a button on a dialing keypad using Hangul consonants and letters of the English alphabet, respectively.

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100: display 200: dialing keypad

300: memory 500: microcontroller

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

1 and 2 illustrate an external configuration and an internal configuration of a telephone to which an apparatus capable of generating a shortcut number using a text of the present invention is applied.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a telephone, for example a portable mobile telephone or a regular telephone, according to the present invention externally includes a display 100 and a dialing keypad 200, and internally a memory 300. And a microcontroller 500 connected to the transmission / reception circuit unit 400 and the display 100 and the dialing keypad 200.

The dialing keypad 200 of the telephone calls 10 number buttons 220 from 1 to 0, which are used for dialing the called party number of the called party whom the caller wants to talk with, and informs the end of the dialing of the called number. Call button 240 is used to generate a signal to attempt a connection and a special button 260 such as * or *.

Dialing keypad 200, as shown in more detail in FIG. 3A, is assigned one or more Korean consonants associated with each number button 220 to select an incoming telephone number. According to the present invention, a number combination corresponding to a combination of Hangul consonants selected on the dialing keypad 200 is generated as a shortcut number, and the combination of Hangul consonants means the first consonant of the first and last names of the called party.

For example, when the called phone number of the called party "Hong Gil Dong" is "123-4567", the number button "9" having the first consonant "ㅎ" of the last name "H" on the dialing keypad 200, and " A number combination "913" combining the number buttons "1" and "3" having the first consonants "9" and "Kil-dong" named "Gil-dong" is formed as a shortcut number of the speed dialing function.

The memory 300 registers the telephone number of the called party corresponding to each shortcut number composed of a combination of the first Korean consonant of the called name and the first name on the dialing keypad 200. When the user presses the speed dial number and the call button 240 in sequence, the microcontroller 500 reads the registered called party's telephone number corresponding to the speed dial number from the memory 300 and dials it through the transmission / reception circuit unit 400. Calls the intended called party.

Therefore, when registering the speed dial number, the user must register the speed dial number "913" as the telephone number "123-4567" of the called party "Hong Gil Dong" in the speed dialing function in advance. And the shortcut number may be registered in the memory 300. In addition, when a call is attempted, the user dials “9, 1, 3” in sequence among the number buttons 220 corresponding to the first consonant corresponding to the called party “Hong Gil Dong”, that is, “ㅎ, ㄱ, ㄷ” and calls button. Just pressing 240 will allow you to talk to the called party.

3B illustrates another example of a dialing keypad using letters according to the present invention, in which an English alphabet is used instead of a consonant of Korean assigned to a number button 220 of the dialing keypad 200. As shown in FIG. 3A, a shortcut number formed by a combination of first alphabets corresponding to a first and last name of a called party may be registered, and a call may be made as a shortcut number using the combination of alphabets.

In the context of the present invention described above, although the abbreviated number has been described as a three-digit Hangul consonant combination, the abbreviated number may be extended to at least four digits in case of overlapping the first consonant of a person or each other. For example, if the called party Honggil-dong is the same name, or if there is a receiver with the same first consonant as Honggil-dong, you can distinguish it by adding a number to the last digit in the same way as Honggil-dong 1 and Hong-gil-dong 2. Alternatively, a shortcut number may be freely registered using nicknames and the like, and a shortcut dialing function may be performed using the nickname.

In addition, in the case of a normal general telephone, since there is no call button 240, unlike a portable mobile telephone, any one of the special buttons 260 may be used as a button for notifying the microcontroller 500 of completion of a speed dial number.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above description and drawings, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be implemented differently without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the configuration of the present invention described above may be used in conjunction with an answering machine service system as described below.

The autoresponder service system is used for issuing complaint documents by civil complaints such as city hall or ward office. For example, if a grievance person inquires about the ward office to obtain a grievance document, the ward office's answering machine automatically responds to the complainant by associating the name and apartment name with the number. You are asked to choose a number. In connection with the issuance of such a complaint document, by applying the method of the present invention will be able to provide a more convenient service.

For example, if a civilian wants to issue a civil document of "Daechi-dong Woosung Apartment" in Gangnam-gu, "1, 2" having "a, b" corresponding to "gangnam" in the dialing keypad 200 shown in FIG. 3a. "Button, select" 3, 7 "with" c, eh "for" replacement "and" 6, 5 "button with" o, s "for" dominant " By selecting them in turn, it will be possible to register civil documents in Gangnam-gu office's automatic response system.

Therefore, according to the present invention, upon registration of a speed dial number, the user registers a speed dial number corresponding to the combination of the first consonants of the speed dial number's name in the speed dialing function in advance, and, when attempting a call, the first consonants of the name of the called party. It would be possible to just dial the number button corresponding to.

By such a configuration, the user can think of only the first consonant of the name of the called party without being conscious of the shortcut number and use it as a shortcut number, thereby providing convenience to the user.

Claims (7)

In a speed dialing device using text in a telephone having a speed dialing function, Memory means for registering a called party's telephone number corresponding to the shortcut number; A dialing keypad of a telephone, wherein one or more letters are assigned in association with each number button for selecting the phone number, and generating a number combination of the number button corresponding to the combination of letters selected as the shortcut number; And control means for dialing a called party's telephone number corresponding to the shortcut number from the memory means in response to the shortcut number generated on the dialing keypad. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the text is a consonant in Korean. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the text is an English alphabet. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the combination of characters is first consonants of the first and last names of the called party. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the combination of letters is the first letters of a first and last name of the called party. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the combination of characters is each first consonant of the called party's address. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a button for instructing the control means to perform the automatic dialing operation after completion of the input of the shortcut number.