KR20030061549A - Method for managing a recipient/originating telephone number list in a mobile communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A receiving/originating phone number list managing method of a mobile terminal is provided to effectively manage a memory by managing a phone number list or a phone book as one file, and store an originated phone number for a long time even though user does not intentionally store it. CONSTITUTION: A controller judges whether a call has been originated or received(101). If a call has been originated or received, the controller checks whether a repeated storage preventing function has been set by a user(103). If the repeated storage preventing function has been set, the controller checks whether there is the same phone number as a phone number of the currently originated or received call in a phone book list(105). If the repeated storage preventing function has not been set, the controller searches a corresponding phone number from a received/originated phone number list(109), and judges whether there is the same received/originated phone number in the received/originated phone number list(111). If there is the same received/originated phone number, the controller changes a date of a corresponding phone number file of a flash memory and counts the number of call receiving/origination(113). If there is no same received/originated phone number in the received/originated phone number list, the controller generates a new phone number file and stores it in the flash memory(115).

Description

How to manage the list of incoming and outgoing phone numbers on the mobile terminal {METHOD FOR MANAGING A RECIPIENT / ORIGINATING TELEPHONE NUMBER LIST IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT}

The present invention relates to a method for managing incoming and outgoing telephone numbers in a mobile communication terminal.

Typically, mobile communication terminals have a function of storing incoming or outgoing telephone numbers. Since the incoming or outgoing telephone number occupies a lot of capacity in terms of memory management, the number of stored calls is limited.

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional phonebook memory structure.

The phone book's storage function uses a method of allocating a certain amount of memory to link an area that stores only an address with an area that stores a phone number. Referring to FIG. 1, a memory is divided into an area 10 storing an address value (address) of a memory and a data area 12 storing a telephone number. In a typical phone book memory, a data size of a predetermined capacity is determined according to an address value of a memory, that is, a address. Since the data area corresponding to the address value of the memory is allocated to a constant storage area of the memory, it occupies the memory area regardless of whether or not data such as a telephone number is stored.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for managing a list of incoming and outgoing phone numbers, which enables efficient management of outgoing or incoming phone numbers and the use of unused memory.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for managing a list of incoming / outgoing telephone numbers in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: storing incoming / outgoing telephone number and related information in a file form when the incoming or outgoing telephone number is stored; Searching for a list of incoming / outgoing telephone numbers stored in the file using any one of the files; and providing the searched results through a user interface.

1 illustrates a conventional phonebook memory structure;

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

3 is a diagram showing a structure of a call number and an outgoing call number file according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a control flowchart for generating a call origination number file according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a view showing a display screen of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a control flowchart for informing a user when a capacity of a memory storing a list of telephone numbers remains below a predetermined capacity according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

The present invention generally manages each phone number list as one file or the entire phone book as one file in the memory of the phone book to allocate a data size of a certain capacity corresponding to the address value of the memory so that the memory can be efficiently used. do.

2 shows a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 30 performs an overall control operation of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the control unit 30 stores the telephone number list in the form of a file 52 in the flash memory of the memory unit 40 according to the present invention, and stores the incoming and outgoing telephone numbers in the form of a file in the remaining empty memory area 54. do.

The wireless unit 36 controls transmission and reception of voice and text data and control data under the control of the control unit 30, and the voice processing unit 38 controls the voice data received from the wireless unit 36 under the control of the control unit 30. The speaker converts the audible sound through a speaker SPK and outputs the voice signal received from the microphone MIC to the wireless unit 36. The key input unit 34 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and outputs key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 30. The display unit 32 displays various messages and the like on the display unit 32 under the control of the control unit 30. The display unit 32 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD).

The memory unit 40 stores program data necessary for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal and data generated during control or during operation by the user. The memory unit 40 also includes a flash memory 50 used as a phone book memory. The flash memory 50 stores various telephone numbers and related information in the form of a file. Accordingly, the file 52 is stored in the flash memory 50 and the remaining memory area becomes the empty memory area 4.

On the other hand, the controller 30 displays the used area of the existing phone book area and the incoming / outgoing phone number storage area of the flash memory 50, that is, the storage capacity of the memory in% or in graphs, and is displayed to the user through the display part 32. do. In this case, the control unit 30 may indicate the existing phone book area and the incoming / outgoing phone number storage area in% of memory, respectively. In addition, when the capacity of the flash memory 50 remains below a predetermined capacity, the controller 30 notifies the user of a message for requesting the deletion of existing data or a message indicating the remaining amount of memory through the display unit 32. Accordingly, the user may delete a predetermined telephone number file from the stored telephone number list before the storage space of the flash memory 50 becomes full. The controller 30 may allocate a few% to the telephone book area and a few% to the automatic incoming / outgoing list when the memory is shared between the automatic incoming / outgoing list and the phonebook area. The controller 30 may provide how many lists can be stored for each automatic call origination and outgoing call list and the telephone directory area.

3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a number of incoming and outgoing phone number files according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the number / outgoing telephone number file 60 includes a phone number storage area 62, a date storage area 64, a number / outgoing number storage area 66, and a user-defined area 68. FIG. . Since the incoming / outgoing telephone number file 60 can be implemented as one data string, the amount of data is small. The phone number received or sent several times is not stored and stored in the flash memory 50 each time, and the date and number of the last received or sent 64 of the corresponding phone number file already stored in the flash memory 50. The transmission count 68 is updated. According to the present invention, if the number of times of transmission and reception exceeds 10 times, the memory capacity can be reduced by storing the data 9 times. The user defined area 68 is an area for storing desired contents so that the user can identify the corresponding incoming or outgoing telephone number. In the user defined area 68, icons representing friends, account numbers, accounts, fax numbers, and the like may be stored according to a user's selection.

In addition, according to the present invention, if the incoming / outgoing telephone number is stored in the existing phonebook, the function of not storing the incoming / outgoing telephone number file list can be changed to a user setting. Specifically, the flash memory 50 stores a list of existing telephone books and a list of incoming and outgoing telephone numbers according to the present invention. The user can set so that the same incoming / outgoing telephone number as the telephone number stored in the existing telephone directory list is not stored in the incoming / outgoing telephone number file list. If the user sets such a duplicate storage prevention function, the same number / outgoing telephone number as the telephone number stored in the existing phone book list is not generated as a number / outgoing telephone number file. Therefore, the flash memory 50 can store a large amount of new incoming / outgoing telephone number files.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control flow for generating a incoming / outgoing telephone number file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 to 4, the controller 30 first determines whether an incoming or outgoing call is made in step 101 and proceeds to step 103 when the incoming or outgoing call is made. The controller 30 checks whether the duplicate storage prevention function is set by the user in step 103. As described above, the duplicated storage prevention function does not generate the incoming / outgoing telephone number file for the same incoming / outgoing telephone number stored in the existing telephone directory list. This duplicate storage prevention function is a function for reducing the memory usage capacity of the flash memory 50 because a telephone number file is not generated for incoming / outgoing telephone numbers in which existing telephone book lists are stored. If the duplicate storage prevention function is set by the user, the controller 30 proceeds to step 105 and searches for a telephone number in the telephone directory list corresponding to the incoming / outgoing telephone number. If the telephone number corresponding to the incoming / outgoing telephone number does not exist in the telephone directory list, the flow proceeds to step 109. If there is a telephone number that matches the incoming / outgoing telephone number in the phonebook list, the controller 30 ends the control flow without generating the incoming / outgoing telephone number file.

On the other hand, if the duplicate storage prevention function is not set by the user, the controller 30 proceeds to step 109 and searches for the corresponding telephone number in the incoming / outgoing telephone number list. Subsequently, the controller 30 determines whether there are incoming / outgoing telephone numbers that match the incoming / outgoing telephone number list in step 111. If there is a number or an outgoing phone number that matches the number / outgoing phone number list, the control unit 30 proceeds to step 113 and changes the date 62 of the corresponding phone number file in the flash memory 50 to the current date. The transmission count 66 is counted. If there is no incoming / outgoing telephone number matching the incoming / outgoing telephone number list, the controller 30 proceeds to step 115 to generate a new telephone number file and store it in the flash memory 50.

5 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 5 illustrates screens displayed when searching for incoming / outgoing telephone numbers stored in the flash memory 50.

Referring to FIG. 5, the screen (a) shows an initial screen of a list of incoming / outgoing telephone number searches. (b) The screen shows various ways to search the list of incoming and outgoing telephone numbers. 1. In the screen (b), press 1. Find recent number and call number. As shown in screen (c), the most recently received phone number is displayed in order. At this time, the screen (c) displays the incoming / outgoing telephone number, the incoming / outgoing number, and the contents of the user-defined area 68 inputted by the user. If you press 2. Find by Date on the screen (b), you can enter the date you want to search as shown on the screen (d). At this time, the cursor moves automatically so that you can input the start year, month and day in order. At this time, if the user presses a confirmation key without inputting a date, as shown in the screen (c), a list of recent incoming / outgoing telephone numbers is displayed. When the user inputs a desired date on the screen (d), the phone number received and sent on the date is displayed as shown on the screen (e). If (b) press 'find' by number and number of calls, you can enter the date you want to search as in (f) screen. The user may press the OK key without inputting the date in the screen (f). (G) The screen then allows you to enter a range of number and number of times you want to search. (h) The screen displays incoming and outgoing telephone numbers in order according to the search range entered by the user.

6 is a control flowchart for informing a user when a capacity of a memory storing a list of telephone numbers remains below a predetermined capacity according to the present invention.

2 and 6, the control unit 30 determines whether the telephone number is stored in the incoming / outgoing telephone number list in step 201. If there is an incoming or outgoing call in the mobile communication terminal, the controller 30 stores the incoming or outgoing phone number in a file number list. At this time, when the incoming or outgoing telephone number according to the present invention matches the existing telephone directory or the telephone number in the incoming / outgoing telephone number list, it is not necessary to save it as a new file. In step 203, the controller 30 checks the remaining number of the incoming / outgoing telephone number list and the memory for storing the telephone directory. That is, the control unit 20 checks the remaining amount of the remaining memory after being stored as a file in the telephone number singer / outgoing telephone number list. The controller 30 determines whether the remaining memory amount is less than or equal to a predetermined predetermined capacity in step 205. If the remaining memory amount is less than the predetermined predetermined capacity, the controller 30 proceeds to step 207 and automatically informs the user of an alarm message, for example, a message for requesting deletion of existing data or a message indicating the remaining memory through the display unit 32. . In this case, the controller 30 may generate an alarm at the same time as the alarm message. In addition, as described above, the controller 30 may provide a storage state of a memory in which a list of incoming and outgoing telephone numbers is stored, in text or graphic form according to a user's request. Also, if the memory is shared with the phonebook, the controller 30 may inform that the phonebook can store several revisions by approximately assigning a few percent to the phonebook and assigning a few percent to the automatic incoming / outgoing list.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, a case in which the mobile communication terminal configures each of the incoming and outgoing telephone numbers in a single file in the flash memory has been described. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the flash memory can be efficiently used by managing the file as.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible 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 claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention can efficiently use the memory by managing each phone number list as one file or the entire phone book as a single file, and the user does not need to store the phone number in the existing phone book for a long time. You can save your own phone number. In addition, according to the present invention, since the number of incoming and outgoing lists can store many incoming and outgoing numbers, no matter how old the number is, there is no need for the user to make a number memo such as a simple telephone number.

Claims (3)

In the method of managing a list of incoming and outgoing phone numbers in the mobile communication terminal, Storing incoming / outgoing telephone number and related information in the form of a file when incoming or outgoing; Retrieving a list of incoming and outgoing telephone numbers stored in the file using any one of the related information; And providing the searched result through a user interface. The method of claim 1, wherein the incoming / outgoing telephone number file is divided into a telephone number storage area and a related information storage area. The related information includes a date storage area, a number of times and a number of calls, and a user-defined area. Retrieving a list of telephone numbers including a corresponding date or number or user-defined data based on the date or the number of times or the user-defined data input according to a user's search request and displaying the list in a certain order. A method for managing a list of outgoing telephone numbers, characterized in that The method of claim 1, wherein the storage state of the memory for storing the incoming / outgoing telephone number list is provided as a letter or a graphic according to a user's request. A method for managing a list of incoming and outgoing phone numbers, further comprising the step of automatically providing.