KR20010066456A - Data searching apparatus and method in a mobile telecommunication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for searching for the data of a mobile terminal are provided to integrate the data stored in a mobile terminal overall and search for them more rapidly. CONSTITUTION: If a data search mode is selected(301), a control part displays a message on a display part to request a user to input a desired search character(4567)(302). If the user inputs the desired search character(4567)(303), the control part searches all of the areas of a memory and judges whether the inputted search character exists, displaying a message indicating that "4567" is being searched(304). If the searching is completed, the control part displays all the areas, in which the inputted search character exists, in the form of a list on the display part(305). If the user selects one of the displayed results, the control part reads and displays the whole contents stored in the selected area(306).

Description

Apparatus and method for data searching of a mobile terminal {DATA SEARCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to data searching in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for searching for data stored in a mobile communication terminal.

In general, different types of user data are stored in an internal memory of a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a “terminal”) such as a cellular phone or a personal communication services (PCS) phone. For example, the internal memory of the terminal includes phone book data, short message service (hereinafter referred to as SMS) data, SMS received data, schedule management data, recent call / Receive number data and the like are stored. These data are different kinds of data and are stored in different areas of the memory. That is, the memory is composed of areas that store different kinds of data.

Meanwhile, each data in the terminal is classified by type, and data search / delete is also classified by type. Therefore, even though the data desired to be searched by the user is stored in the terminal, the user may not find the desired data unless the user knows how the data is classified and stored. In addition, finding the desired data requires a considerable amount of effort by the user. That is, since the data search of the terminal according to the prior art is made by type, it is impossible to find the desired data unless the user knows the type to search. Therefore, to search for more efficient data, it is necessary to integrate and manage the data inside the terminal as a whole.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for totally integrating and searching data in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for faster searching of data in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for allowing a user to more conveniently search for data in a mobile communication terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a data search apparatus includes a display unit for displaying data, a key input unit for inputting a character to be searched, and a memory including at least one area for storing data classified according to types. And a controller which displays, on the display unit, regions in which a character matching the character input through the key input unit exists in the form of a list, and reads data of the selected region among the displayed regions and displays the data on the display unit. It is configured by.

The memory includes at least an area in which a phone book is stored, an area in which a short message service (SMS) reception data is stored, an area in which SMS transmission data is stored, an area in which data related to a schedule is stored, and a recent call / reception number. Includes the area where it is stored. The data including titles of regions in which characters matching the input characters exist and characters matching the input characters are displayed on the display unit in the form of a list.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a process flow diagram of data search in accordance with the present invention.

3 is a view showing an example of messages displayed on the display unit 130 during the data search operation according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that reference numerals and like elements among the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

First of all, the present invention implements a function called full data search in the terminal. In other words, the present invention provides a phone book, SMS received data, SMS outgoing data, schedule management, the latest outgoing / received numbers, such as all the users can access the integrated search for the accessible data to the user to verify the contents immediately will be. Therefore, instead of searching the data classified by each type, it is possible to reduce the time and effort when searching for the desired data by showing the list to the user without any missing data if the user wants to search by integrated search at once. have.

1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied. Here, only the components related to the present invention are shown among the elements constituting the terminal. In addition to these components, the terminal may include an antenna, a radio frequency (RF) signal processor, a modem (MODEM: modulator and demodulator), and a battery. It should be noted that such an operation is performed.

Referring to FIG. 1, the key input unit 110 includes a plurality of dial keys and function keys. The user inputs a dial and a command for performing a desired function through the key input unit 110. In the present invention, the key input unit 110 inputs a character to be searched. The display unit 130 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a light emitting diode (LED), and displays various types of information according to the use state of the terminal. For example, the LCD of the display unit 130 displays a battery level, a received signal strength level, a date and time, subscriber information, a telephone number, and the like, and the LED is turned on when a call is made. In the present invention, the display unit 130 displays the data to be searched. Hereinafter, the display unit 130 displays a message so that the content of the data for search can be input and the LCD displays the content of the searched data.

The memory 140 stores unique data of the terminal, program data, and data processed while performing an operation. The memory 140 may include at least one area for storing data classified by type. For example, the memory 140 stores at least an area in which a phone book is stored, an area in which short message service (SMS) received data is stored, an area in which SMS outgoing data is stored, and data related to a schedule are stored. Area, and an area in which the latest calling / receiving number is stored.

The controller 120 controls the overall operation of the terminal. The controller 120 controls the display unit 130 to display regions in which a character matching the character input through the key input unit 110 exists in the form of a list. In addition, the controller 120 reads data of a region selected from the displayed regions and displays the data on the display 130.

2 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of data searching according to the present invention. The program data according to the processing flow is stored in the memory 140 of FIG. 1, and the controller 120 performs an operation of data searching according to the processing flow.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 201, the controller 120 determines whether a data search menu is selected on a menu of a current terminal, that is, whether the terminal is in a data search mode. If it is determined that the data search mode is performed, the operations of steps 202 to 206 to be described later are performed, and if it is determined that the data search mode is not included, the operation of the corresponding mode is performed in step 207.

When the terminal is in the data search mode, the controller 120 displays a message on the display 130 to input a content for searching so that the user can input the content for the search in step 202. From this display, the user may input content for searching through the key input unit 110. In this case, the user may input a character according to a combination of Korean / English or numbers for searching.

Next, in step 203, the controller 120 searches the entire area of the memory 140 based on the content input by the user in step 202. That is, the controller 120 checks whether there is content in the entire storage area of the memory 140 that matches the content input by the user. In this case, the checked content includes content input by the user.

In operation 204, the controller 120 displays the search results on the display 130 in the form of a list. Here, displaying the search results in the form of a list means that the search results may be stored in various storage areas of the memory 140 that are classified by type. This means that what is matched in the storage area is displayed in the form of a list as shown in step 305 of FIG. From the displayed contents, the user can check whether or not under what classification the contents he wants to find are stored. When the user selects any title (storage area) from the displayed list, the controller 120 determines the storage area selected in step 205 and displays the entire contents selected on the display unit 130 in step 206.

3 is a view showing an example of messages displayed on the display unit 130 during the data search operation according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, step 301 illustrates that a data search function (mode) is selected from a menu of a terminal. When the data search mode is selected, the controller 120 of FIG. 1 displays a message on the display 130 to input a character to be searched in step 302. From this the user can enter the desired search character. From the message displayed in step 302, the user may input a desired search character "4567" in step 303. In this case, the search character may be input not only a number but also a Korean / English or a combination of numbers.

When the search character is input, the controller 120 searches for the entire area of the memory 140 to determine whether there is a character matching the input search character. In this case, as illustrated in step 304, the display 130 may display the message “Searching for 4567....”.

The search result is displayed as shown in step 305. That is, the controller 120 displays all regions in which all the search characters input by the user exist among the entire storage regions of the memory 140 on the display 130. In this case, the content of the search character is displayed together with the titles of all the regions in which the search character exists, and the matching character is displayed as a separate delimiter (eg, underscore). Here, the search result of "4567" shows that three of the total storage areas of the memory 140 are stored in the phone book (PB) storage area, the SMS reception data storage area, and the recent caller ID storage area.

From the result displayed in step 305, the user can select a desired content. For example, if the user selects the SMS reception data storage area twice, the control unit 120 reads the entire contents stored in the SMS reception data storage area of the memory 140 and displays them on the display unit 130 as shown in step 306. do. In this case, the display unit 130 displays the entire contents including the search character "4567" such as "receive message # 3 SS electronic today's upper limit of 245670 won, which is recorded in the stock market."

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has the advantage that the user can search all the data inside the accessible mobile communication terminal quickly and easily as well as without missing, so that the data can be efficiently managed.

Claims (6)

A display unit for displaying data, A key input unit for inputting a character to search for, A memory including at least one area for storing data classified by type; And a controller for displaying regions on the display unit in the form of a list in which characters matching the characters input through the key input unit are present, and reading and displaying data on the display unit selected from the displayed regions. A data search device for a mobile communication terminal. The memory of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises at least an area in which a phone book is stored, an area in which short message service (SMS) received data is stored, an area in which SMS outgoing data is stored, and an area in which data related to a schedule is stored; And an area in which a recent calling / receiving number is stored. The data search apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays data including titles of regions in which characters matching the input text exist and characters matching the input text in a list form. A data searching method of a mobile communication terminal having a memory including at least one area for storing data classified by type and a display unit for displaying data, Inputting a character to search in the data search mode, Searching the entire area of the memory to determine whether a character matching the input character exists; Displaying data in the form of a list of titles of the regions in which the text corresponding to the input text exists and the text corresponding to the input text as a result of the search; And reading out all the data of the selected area among the displayed areas and displaying the data on the display unit. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the memory comprises at least an area in which a phone book is stored, an area in which short message service (SMS) received data is stored, an area in which SMS outgoing data is stored, and an area in which data related to a schedule is stored; And an area in which a recent calling / receiving number is stored. The method of claim 4, wherein a character matching the input character displayed on the display unit in the form of a list is marked as a recognizable delimiter.