KR20020014109A - Method for transmitting short message in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A short message transferring method in a mobile communication terminal is provided to accomplish a user's convenience by automatically generating and sending a message regardless of the number of characters, facilitate simultaneous transmission of a message to many receivers, and easily find an e-mail address through a phone-book. CONSTITUTION: A controller is in a standby state(200). The controller checks whether a key signal is received according to a text editing(202). If a signal according to a text editing is received, the controller performs a sentence editing mode(204). The controller checks whether an event occurs(206). If no event occurs, the controller checks whether the sentence editing is completed(218), the controller displays a message requesting input of a call origination number(220). The controller checks whether a phone-book is selected for a view(222). If there is a request for the phone-book, the controller performs a searching mode of the phone-book(224). The controller checks whether a specific phone number or an address is selected(226). If a specific phone number of an address is selected, the controller displays a message inquiring whether a different number is to be selected on a display unit(228). If a key signal received from a key input unit does not select a different user, the controller performs a call origination corresponding to the matched number.

Description

How to send a short message from a mobile terminal {METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SHORT MESSAGE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a mailing service method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for effectively transmitting a short message in a mobile communication terminal.

Representative devices of mobile communication terminals have been developed for voice calls to mobile phones. However, due to the rapid development of technology and the demands of users, mobile communication terminals are able to provide services such as text service or internet communication in addition to simple voice calls. Then, when the mobile communication terminal wants to send a short message will be described in detail as follows. In order to transmit a short message, a user of the mobile communication terminal first selects a menu, sets a “letter writing” function among the selected menus, and inputs a key to compose a message. At this time, the mobile communication terminal does not record and store the input characters in a memory, but receives them while temporarily storing them. Therefore, when an event such as an incoming voice call or a text message is received while the user composes a message, all of the input text is deleted and the generated event is processed. Therefore, when a user inputs a number of keys to write a character to be transmitted and an event occurs, all the input characters are not stored and are deleted. Therefore, the user has to re-enter it after the event is executed.

And even if the event does not occur, if the user wants to enter the phone number and the like of the person who wants to send a message after writing all the characters could not call and use the message stored in the phonebook function of the mobile communication terminal. Because the service provided by the mobile communication terminal does not have a function of editing a character and finding a phone number stored in a memory, the phonebook function is performed after the character is edited and before the message is transmitted. There was a problem that all the characters edited identically are deleted.

In addition, when data according to the current text service is received, the sender's number is stored and sent together with the text data from the base station to the mobile communication terminal. However, the current mobile communication terminal should send a message regardless of the received message when trying to reply using the received message. That is, even if you do not use the telephone number of the caller received with the message, even if you want to immediately reply to the received message, there was a problem that the input the message, the phone number again. In addition, even if you want to send a letter to several people at the same time can not send a message at a time to enter a new message each time, there was a problem to enter the corresponding phone number.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of not deleting a character even when an event occurs when editing a character to be transmitted in a short message in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method that can be used in conjunction with other functions such as a phone book along with message editing of a short message in a mobile communication terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for writing a reply using a caller's number received with a short message in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for sending a short message written in a mobile communication terminal to several people at the same time.

Short message creation method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the process of proceeding to the short message editing mode when a short message is required, and a predetermined event during the short message editing When the temporary message is stored in the memory, performing the operation according to the generated event, and re-reading the temporarily stored message after performing the operation according to the event to edit the short message. Characterized in that the process is performed.

Also the event; Incoming calls, receiving text messages,

A process of checking whether a reply is selected when the event is a text message; a process of editing a sentence by entering a sentence editing mode when the reply of the test result is selected; and editing the sentence when the sentence is completed. It may further comprise a process for sending.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal may include proceeding to a short message editing mode when creating a short message and using a phone-book when inputting a calling number after completing the short message. Requesting to retrieve phone-book data if required; retrieving the phone-book data, and if a selection is made, inputting a number to be sent to the address of the selected phone-book to generate a message to be transmitted; Characterized in that the process consists of sending a message.

The present invention also provides a process for displaying a message asking whether to send the generated message to another place after selecting the number to be dialed, and requesting input of a caller number when the call is requested to a different place; If there are two or more messages to be sent, the method may further include automatically generating and sending the message.

A method for editing and transmitting at least one short message in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for transmitting a message in order to achieve the above objects, when the creation of the message is finished 1 A first step of separating messages into batches, a second step of setting a channel to be transmitted to send a single short message and releasing the channel, and checking whether there is a short message to be further transmitted after the short message is transmitted And a fourth process of proceeding to the second process if there is a message to be further transmitted as a result of the inspection.

In addition, the present invention, if more than one outgoing number to send the edited message is transmitted to all the edited message for one shipment number and automatically performs the above process in response to the outgoing number other than the outgoing number A fifth process may be further provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for editing and transmitting at least one short message in a mobile communication terminal for transmitting a short message to achieve the above objects is provided. A first process of separating the message into one quantity, a second process of setting a channel to be transmitted to transmit a single short message and waiting to receive a response message, and a response message corresponding to the transmitted message is received A third step of checking whether a short message to be transmitted further exists; a fourth step of proceeding to the second step if the message to be transmitted further exists; and a message to be further transmitted as a result of the checking The fifth step of releasing the call is characterized in that it is made.

The present invention may further include a sixth process of retransmitting the transmitted short message when the response message is a poor reception of the short message.

A seventh step of automatically transmitting the edited message to one outgoing number and automatically performing the above procedure in response to the outgoing number other than the outgoing number when the edited message has more than one outgoing number. The process may be further provided.

1 is a block diagram according to the function of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a control flow chart when creating and transmitting a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A and 3B are signal flow diagrams between a terminal and a base station when transmitting a message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a control flowchart of writing a reply when receiving a message according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram according to a function of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied. Hereinafter, a block structure and an operation according to the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

The control unit 111 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, and in particular, controls the setting and call rejection operation according to the call rejection according to the present invention. The antenna ANT transmits a radio signal through air waves or receives an air wave signal and outputs it to the duplexer 112. The duplexer 112 transmits a radio signal received from the antenna ANT to the receiver 113, and transmits a radio signal received from the transmitter 115 to the airwaves through the antenna ANT. The receiver 113 converts only a signal corresponding to a channel of a frequency band set by the controller 111 among base station wireless signals received from the duplexer 112 into a baseband signal or data and outputs the converted signal. The transmitter 115 converts the baseband signal or data into a frequency to be transmitted under the control of the controller 111 and outputs the signal to the duplexer 112. The frequency synthesizing unit 114 generates and outputs a frequency to be output to the receiving unit 113 and a frequency to be output to the transmitting unit 115 under the control of the control unit 111. The antenna ANT, the duplexer 112, the receiver 113, the frequency synthesizer 114, and the transmitter 115 are collectively referred to as a radio part 101.

The voice processor 116 decodes the baseband coded signal received from the receiver 113 and outputs the decoded signal to the speaker SPK. The voice processor 116 codes the signal received from the microphone MIC and outputs the signal to the transmitter 115. The speaker SPK outputs the decoded and input electrical signal as an audible sound, and the microphone MIC converts the audible sound signal into an electrical signal and outputs it to the voice processor 116.

The memory 117 has an area for storing data necessary for controlling the terminal and an area for temporarily storing data generated during control. In addition, the memory 117 has a message reception table according to the present invention, and the sender's information is stored together in the message reception table. In addition, according to the present invention, if an event occurs when creating a short message, an area of a memory for storing the short message being prepared is separately provided. In addition, a call number storage table is provided in case of sending the same message to two or more numbers. The key input unit 118 has a key matrix structure (not shown in FIG. 1), and generates key data corresponding to a key pressed by the user and outputs the key data to the control unit 111. The display unit 119 may display the current state of the terminal, an operation process, and the like under the control of the controller 111, and may display a display battery remaining amount of the watch. In addition, the display unit 119 may be configured using a liquid crystal display panel or the like, and displays data corresponding to a key input when a key is input.

2 is a control flowchart of creating and transmitting a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a control process for creating and transmitting a short message according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 2.

The control unit 111 maintains the standby state in step 200, and proceeds to step 202 to check whether a key signal according to character editing is received. The test result control unit 111 checks whether a key signal for requesting editing of a character is received from the key input unit 118. The control unit 111 proceeds to step 204 when the signal according to the test result text editing is received, and otherwise maintains the standby state of step 200. In step 204, the control unit 111 performs a sentence editing mode. In the sentence editing mode, a key signal corresponding to a sentence input is received from the key input unit 118 in response to a key input by a user, thereby editing (creating or editing) a sentence. Sentence used in the present invention is not limited to the number of letters generally used. That is, when the sentence that can be transmitted once is 20 characters, the general mobile phone is configured to input only 20 characters. However, in the present invention, the sentence can be edited without limiting the number of characters.

The sentence is edited according to the above method, and during the editing, the controller 111 checks whether an event occurs. Such an event may be a reception of a message or an incoming call through the wireless unit 101. If an event occurs as a result of the test, the process proceeds to step 208; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 218 to check whether the editing of the sentence is finished. When the editing of the sentence is finished, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 220; otherwise, the control unit 111 continues to edit the sentence in step 204.

When the controller 111 proceeds to step 208, the controller 111 temporarily stores the sentence currently being edited in the memory 117. In step 210, the event is performed. That is, when a text message is received, a process according to the text message is received, and when a call is received, an operation according to the call is performed. When the operation according to the corresponding event is completed, the controller 111 proceeds to step 212 and reads the sentence stored in the memory 117 again during editing. In operation 214, the read sentence is displayed on the display unit 119. In this case, the display may be configured to scroll the stored sentence at predetermined time intervals to display the sentence being written or to display only the last sentence. It can also be configured to select and display a message, such as whether to continue or temporarily store it. In the present embodiment, a case of first asking whether to continue editing the sentence and then displaying data will be described. Temporary storage is not shown in FIG. 2 if it is not continuously performed. If the control unit 111 displays a message asking whether to continue execution, and receives a key signal according to the continuous execution, the controller 111 proceeds to step 204. Otherwise, the control unit 111 temporarily saves or terminates the sentence being written without storing any more. have.

In contrast, when the controller 111 proceeds from step 218 to step 220, the control unit 111 displays a message requesting input of a calling number on the display unit 119. The controller 111 proceeds to step 222 and checks whether a selection of an area view storing a phone book, for example, a phone book or an e-mail address, is required. The controller 111 proceeds to step 224 if there is a request of the test result phone-book, and proceeds to step 234 otherwise. The controller 111 proceeds to step 224 if the phone-book is requested, and proceeds to step 234 otherwise. In step 234, the control unit 111 inputs a general phone number or e-mail address. When the input of the general phone number or the e-mail address is completed through the above process, the display proceeds to step 236 and a message asking whether to select another number is displayed on the display unit 119. When a different number is selected from the key input unit 118, that is, when the same content is sent to another user, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 220, and otherwise proceeds to step 232.

In contrast, in step 222 to step 224, the control unit 111 performs a search mode of the phone book. The search can be a phone number or an e-mail address. The controller 111 proceeds to step 228 while searching for a phone number and checks whether a specific phone number or address is selected. When the check result is selected, the display proceeds to step 228 where a message asking whether to select another number is displayed on the display unit 119. In step 230, if the key signal received from the key input unit 118 selects another user, the process proceeds to step 220; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 232.

When the controller 111 proceeds from step 238 or 230 to step 232, the controller 111 performs the call in response to the matched number. This transmission process will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3B.

3A and 3B are signal flows between a terminal and a base station when transmitting a message according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a detailed description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3A and 3B.

The terminal divides the message into the amount of messages that can be sent when the generation of the message is completed. In step 300, a call connection request message is transmitted to the base station. Accordingly, when the response message is received from the base station in step 302, the divided sentences are sequentially transmitted. In this case, what is described in FIG. 3A is a process of transmitting a message several times in one call connection. That is, when it is necessary to transmit n times, the message is continuously transmitted through steps 304, 308, and 312. In this case, a response to the transmitted message is described as in steps 306, 310, and 314. That is, if transmission is not completed normally, it is configured to transmit again. Also, different headers may be transmitted to different users. When the sentence transmission is completed for all users to be transmitted, the terminal transmits a call release message in step 316. In response, the base station transmits a call release response message in step 318.

3B illustrates a case of newly setting up a call each time. That is, if there is a message to be transmitted to one person n times, it automatically creates a message each time to perform a call connection, accordingly sends a message, then releases the call, and automatically requests a call connection again to reconnect the channel. This is the process of sending a message after setting. Therefore, if a message is sent n times to m people, the call connection must be made m * n times. In the current mobile communication system, the message can be transmitted in the same manner as in FIG. 3B. When the mobile communication provider accepts the message transmission in the format as shown in FIG. 3B, that is, the system accepts the message in the same manner as in FIG. I can send it.

4 is a control flowchart of writing a reply when receiving a message according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a reply writing process and a transmission process according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The control unit 111 maintains the standby state in step 400, and proceeds to step 402 to check whether the reply writing menu is selected. In this case, the process of managing the received message that is not in the waiting state may proceed to the reply writing menu, and even when the event occurrence of step 206 described in FIG. 2 is a message reception or a voice message reception, the response writing mode may be performed. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described on the assumption that the reply writing menu is selected.

When the reply writing menu is selected and the process proceeds to step 404, the controller 111 performs the same sentence editing process as the general sentence editing. In this case, the editing of the sentence includes both writing and editing, and the writing of the text is not limited. While performing the sentence editing process as described above, the controller 111 checks whether the key signal corresponding to the end of sentence editing is received from the key input unit 118. The control unit 111 proceeds to step 408 when a key signal is received according to the end of sentence editing, and continues to step 404 otherwise. In step 408, the control unit 111 reads out an outgoing number of a received message table, and in step 410, converts the read number into a form for transmitting a message. The generated message then transmits data in the manner described in FIGS. 3A-3B. Although the operation when an event occurs is not described in the control flow diagram of FIG. 4, when an event occurs in the same manner as in FIG. 2, it may be configured to temporarily store and rewrite the event.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal can automatically generate and send a message regardless of the number of characters. It also makes it easy to send a message to multiple people simultaneously, and it's easy to find a phone number or email address via phone-bok. In addition, even when a message is received, there is an advantage in that a reply can be written immediately. And even when a call is received during the creation of a message, it can be temporarily saved by rewriting it after processing the event, which is advantageous when using a short message.

Claims (18)

In the method for creating a short message in a mobile terminal, If writing a short message is required, proceed to the short message editing mode, Temporarily storing the message being edited in a memory when a predetermined event occurs while editing the short message; Performing an operation according to the generated event; And re-reading the temporarily stored message and editing the short message after performing the operation according to the event. The method of claim 1, wherein the event, A method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, comprising receiving a call and receiving a text message. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Checking whether a reply is selected when the event is a text message; When the reply to the test result is selected, proceeding to the sentence editing mode and editing the sentence; When the editing of the sentence is completed, the method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by further comprising the step of sending the edited sentence. In the method for creating a short message in a mobile terminal, If writing a short message is required, proceed to the short message editing mode, After the short message is completed, if the phone-book is required to enter the calling number, the phone-book data may be retrieved. Generating a message to be transmitted by inputting a number to be sent to the address of the selected phone book when the phone-book data is searched and selected; Short message creation method in a mobile terminal, characterized in that the process of transmitting the generated message. The method of claim 4, wherein Selecting a number to be dialed and displaying a message asking whether to send the generated message to another location; If the call is required to go somewhere else, the process of requesting the entry of the call number; The method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it further comprises the step of automatically generating and sending the message if there is more than one message to be sent. The method according to claim 4 or 5, Temporarily storing the message being edited in a memory when a predetermined event occurs while editing the short message; Performing an operation according to the generated event; And re-reading the temporarily stored message and editing the short message after performing the operation according to the event. The method of claim 6, wherein the event, A method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, comprising receiving a call and receiving a text message. The method of claim 7, wherein Checking whether a reply is selected when the event is a text message; When the reply to the test result is selected, proceeding to the sentence editing mode and editing the sentence; When the editing of the sentence is completed, the method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by further comprising the step of sending the edited sentence. In the method for creating a short message in a mobile terminal, When a text message is received, notifying the reception of the text message; Displaying a text message when confirmation of the text message is requested while informing the reception of the text message; Checking whether a reply is selected while displaying the text message; When the reply to the test result is selected, proceeding to the sentence editing mode and editing the sentence; When the editing of the sentence is completed, the method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal comprising the step of sending the edited sentence. The method of claim 9, Temporarily storing the message being edited in a memory when a predetermined event occurs while editing the short message; Performing an operation according to the generated event; And re-reading the temporarily stored message and editing the short message after performing the operation according to the event. In the method for creating and transmitting a short message in a mobile communication terminal, If writing a short message is required, proceed to the short message editing mode, Editing the text without limiting the embroidery of the text when editing the short message; Temporarily storing the message being edited in a memory when a predetermined event occurs while editing the short message; Performing an operation according to the generated event; Editing the short message by reading the temporarily stored message again after performing the operation according to the event; Selecting and inputting a number to be sent when the text editing is completed; Dividing the edited sentence into one transmission amount when the number to be transmitted is selected; And transmitting a message in the divided message unit to a base station in response to the number to be dialed. The method of claim 11, wherein the event, A method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, comprising receiving a call and receiving a text message. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein Checking whether a reply is selected when the event is a text message; When the reply to the test result is selected, proceeding to the sentence editing mode and editing the sentence; When the editing of the sentence is completed, the method for creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by further comprising the step of sending the edited sentence. In the method for editing and transmitting at least one short message in a mobile communication terminal, A first process of separating the message into one volume when the creation of the message is finished; Setting a channel to be transmitted to transmit a short message and releasing the channel; A third step of checking whether there is a short message to be further transmitted after the short message is transmitted; And a fourth process of proceeding to the second process if there is a message to be transmitted further as a result of the checking. The method of claim 14, If there is more than one outgoing number to which the edited message is to be sent, a fifth step of automatically transmitting the edited message to one outgoing number and automatically performing the above procedure in response to the outgoing number other than the outgoing number. A short message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by further comprising a process. In the method for editing and transmitting at least one short message in a mobile communication terminal, A first process of separating the message into one volume when the creation of the message is finished; Setting a channel to be transmitted to transmit a short message and waiting to receive a response message; A third step of checking whether there is a short message to be further transmitted when a response message corresponding to the transmitted message is received; A fourth step of proceeding to the second step if there is a message to be transmitted further as a result of the inspection; And a fifth step of releasing the call when there is no message to be transmitted further as a result of the checking. The method of claim 16, And if the response message is a poor reception of the short message, further comprising a sixth step of retransmitting the transmitted short message. The method according to claim 16 or 17, A seventh step of automatically transmitting the edited message to one outgoing number and automatically performing the above procedure in response to the outgoing number other than the outgoing number when the edited message has more than one outgoing number. A short message transmission method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by further comprising a process.