KR20030008280A - Method for improving speed of caller information in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for improving a caller ID display speed in a mobile communication terminal is provided to primarily retrieve the history of called numbers by a caller ID when receiving a call, retrieve the list of telephone numbers, and display information of an object identical to the caller ID. CONSTITUTION: If a caller ID is received(S210), a control unit retrieves an object identical to the caller ID with reference to the history of called telephone number stored in a memory(S220). If the object identical to the received caller ID is retrieved from the history of the called telephone numbers(S230), the control unit displays information of the object on a display unit(S270). If the object identical to the received caller ID is not retrieved(S230), the control unit retrieves the object identical to the received caller ID from the list of telephone numbers(S240). If the object identical to the received caller ID is retrieved from the list of the telephone numbers(S250), the control unit displays information of the object on the display unit(S270). If the object identical to the received caller ID is not retrieved(S250), the control unit displays the received caller ID on the display unit(S260).

Description

Method for improving speed of caller information in mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a method of improving the display speed of caller information in a mobile communication terminal. Particularly, when a call is received, the caller information and the phone number list are sequentially searched by the received caller information to match the corresponding caller information. The present invention relates to a method for improving caller information display speed in a mobile communication terminal displaying information.

Recently, a service for displaying caller information (phone number) is provided to a receiver when a mobile communication terminal is connected. When the receiver's mobile terminal is provided with caller information when receiving a call, the receiver's mobile terminal searches the phone number list stored in the predetermined memory of the mobile terminal by the caller's information to search for a person matching the caller's information. If yes, the name of the person is displayed on the LCD screen.

1 is a view for explaining a method for searching by caller information in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal receives caller information when a call connection request is received (S110), retrieves a list of pre-stored phone numbers matching the received caller information (S120), and receives the received caller information. If there is a subject matching the caller information (S130), if there is a matching subject, the name of the subject is displayed on the LCD screen (S140). If no match is found in step S130, the received caller information is displayed on the LCD screen as it is (S131).

On the other hand, in recent years, the memory capacity for storing a telephone number in a mobile communication terminal has been greatly increased due to the development of technology, and thus the number of telephone numbers is also increasing. Thus, most of the users store many telephone numbers in the telephone number list of the mobile communication terminal.

However, if the user stores too many phone numbers in the memory of the mobile communication terminal, it takes a long time to look up the phone number list by the caller information when receiving the call, so that the display time of the caller information is displayed on the LCD of the mobile communication terminal. The inconvenience of delaying a lot occurs.

In addition, although the user stores many people's phone numbers in the phone number list of their mobile communication terminals, the frequently used phone numbers are limited and many calls are received from them. There is a problem that it is inefficient to query the entire telephone number list by calling party information.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, the mobile communication terminal to first look up the caller number list by the caller information when receiving a call, and then look up the phone number list to match the caller information The present invention provides a method for improving caller information display speed in a mobile communication terminal displaying subject information.

1 is a view for explaining a method for searching by caller information in a conventional mobile communication terminal,

2 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a view for explaining a method of improving caller information display speed in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for retrieving and displaying caller information when receiving a call from a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: a first step of receiving caller information when a call connection request is received; A second step of searching for a person who matches the caller information; a third step of displaying a corresponding information on the LCD screen if there is a person who matches the caller information in the incoming call list; A fourth step of searching for a telephone number matching the caller information in the telephone number list if there is no target matching the caller information in the incoming call list; and if there is a target person matching the caller information in the telephone number list, the target person's information. Is displayed on the LCD screen and a call is received. And a sixth step of storing the received caller information and the telephone number and name associated with the target person searched in the second or fourth step in the incoming call list.

In addition, the present invention, if it is not possible to search for a person matching the received caller information in the called party list and the telephone number list, displaying the received caller information on the LCD screen, and the received caller information on the called party list Further comprising the step of storing.

In addition, the present invention, when storing the caller information or the information of the target person retrieved by the caller information in the called number list, if the predetermined number of lists that can be stored in the incoming call list exceeds the information previously stored in the called number list Deleting and storing the subject stored the longest of the oldest further.

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

The present invention is to display the target number matching the caller information by first querying the list of the called number by the caller information when the mobile communication terminal receives the call, to implement the present invention as described above Looking at the configuration of a mobile communication terminal as shown in FIG.

2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a wireless circuit unit 10 for transmitting and receiving voice and data wirelessly with a base station, and a mobile phone terminal number, a company phone number, and a home phone number by a user. A memory 20 for storing a list of phone numbers storing information such as a name and a list of called numbers storing the information of the person searched by the caller information in the caller information or the phone number list received at the time of receiving the call; When a call is received, the incoming caller list and the phone number list stored in the memory 20 are sequentially searched by the received caller information, and if there is a matched person, the corresponding person is displayed on the LCD screen, and the received caller information or the caller is displayed. Control unit 30 for storing the target information retrieved by the information in the incoming call list, and under the control of the control unit 30 And the sender information or a display 40 which displays the subject information detected by the caller ID.

The radio circuit unit 10 receives caller information provided wirelessly from a base station when receiving a phone call.

The memory 20 stores a phone number list in which a plurality of phone numbers and names, such as phone number 1, phone number 2, and phone number 3, are stored in advance by a user's operation, and the phone is received under the control of the controller 30. The incoming call list, which stores the caller information provided by the city, is stored. Here, when the caller information is stored in the incoming call list, the control unit 30 searches for a phone number that matches the caller information received from the phone number list under control, and stores the name of the corresponding person when there is a matching target person. .

The controller 30 searches for a phone number associated with the name of the target person when the name of the target person is stored in the incoming call list when searching the incoming call list by the caller information provided from the base station at the time of receiving the call.

In addition, the controller 30 deletes the oldest incoming call list when the incoming call list exceeds a limited storage amount when storing the received caller information or the target information searched in the telephone number list by the caller information in the incoming call list. .

Next, an operation of the mobile communication terminal having such a structure will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a view for explaining a method of improving caller information display speed in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The receiver's mobile communication terminal receives caller information when receiving a call (S210), and when the caller information is received, the controller 30 searches for a target that matches the caller information by referring to the incoming call list stored in the memory 20. (S220).

The control unit 30 determines whether a match is found by searching for a matching person in the incoming call list based on the received caller information (S230). Here, the incoming call list stores the name of the telephone number retrieved by the caller information or the caller information provided when the call is received under the control of the controller 30 when a call is received. In addition, when searching for a target person matching the caller information from the incoming call list, the controller 30 determines whether the name information of the incoming call list matches by searching a phone number associated with the incoming call list.

If the control unit 30 finds the target person corresponding to the received caller information in the incoming call list, the control unit 30 displays the information of the target person on the display unit 40 (S270). 30 searches for a target person matching the received caller information in the telephone number list (S240). Here, when the target person searched by the caller information in the incoming call list is displayed on the LCD screen of the display unit 40, if the search target of the incoming call list is a phone number, the phone number is displayed. Do it.

The controller 30 determines whether or not a match is found by searching for a matching person in the phone number list based on the received caller information (S250), and when the target person matching the received caller information is found in the phone number list, the control unit 30 corresponds to the display unit 40. The information of the target person is displayed (S270), and if the target person that matches the caller information is not found even in the telephone number list, the received caller information is displayed on the LCD screen of the display unit 40 (S260).

In step S260 or step S270, the caller information displayed on the display unit 40 or the target person information searched by the caller information is stored in the incoming call list. At this time, the information of the target person retrieved by the caller information stored in the incoming call list is the name information of the telephone number corresponding to the caller information. In addition, when storing the caller information or the target information searched by the caller information in the incoming call list, the oldest information previously stored in the incoming call list when the number of predetermined limit lists that can be stored in the incoming call list is exceeded. Delete and save.

As mentioned above, although an Example was given and demonstrated this invention, this invention is not limited to this. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the mobile communication terminal receives the target number list and the telephone number list sequentially by the caller information when receiving a call, if the target information matching the caller information is found, the corresponding information is displayed. For example, when a call is received from a person who frequently makes a call, the search speed by caller information can be improved.

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In the method of searching and displaying the caller information when receiving a call from the mobile communication terminal, A first step of receiving caller information when a call connection request is received; A second step of searching for a person who matches the caller information received from the incoming call list; A third step of displaying the corresponding information on the LCD screen when there is a target person who matches the caller information in the incoming call list, and notifying that the call is received; A fourth step of searching for a telephone number corresponding to the caller information in the telephone number list if there is no target matching the caller information in the incoming call list; A fifth step of displaying the information of the corresponding person on the LCD screen when the target person matches the caller information in the telephone number list and notifying that the call is received; A sixth step of storing the received caller information and the telephone number and name associated with the subject searched in the second or fourth step in the incoming call list; Method for improving the caller information display speed in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, If it is impossible to search for a person who matches the caller information received from the called party list and the telephone number list, displaying the received caller information on the LCD screen and storing the received caller information in the called party list. Method for improving the display speed of the caller information in the mobile communication terminal further comprising. The method of claim 1, When storing the calling party information or the information of the target person searched by the calling party information in the called party list, if the predetermined number of lists that can be stored in the called party list is exceeded, the longest stored information previously stored in the called party list is stored. Steps to delete and save the audience Method for improving the display speed of the caller information in the mobile communication terminal further comprising. The method of claim 1, In the second step, when searching for a target person matching the caller information in the incoming call list, when the search target is the name information of the incoming call list, searching for a phone number associated with the corresponding name information. How to speed up caller ID display on your device.