KR20040031384A - Message plural transmitting method using mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for collectively transmitting a message in a portable terminal is provided to reduce the number of repeated inputs of a user when collectively transmitting one message to a plurality of recipients by adding a simultaneous message transmission menu in the portable terminal. CONSTITUTION: A user selects a simultaneous message transmission menu by a menu or an abbreviated key. The user inputs a plurality of object telephone numbers by a certain input end device, and composes a transmission telephone number list. The user inputs a message to be transmitted. A portable terminal collectively transmits the inputted message to a plurality of objects according to the inputted transmission telephone number list.

Description

MESSAGE PLURAL TRANSMITTING METHOD USING MOBILE TERMINAL}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a short message in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method for transmitting multiple messages using a mobile terminal adapted to simultaneously transmit a short message to a plurality of recipients.

In general, portable terminals are used for voice calls, but the use of short message services (SMS) is increasing. This means that the short message service can transmit a desired message successfully even when the other party is busy, for example, regardless of the call state of the other party's mobile terminal, and can perform the service at a lower price than the voice call. Because.

Such a short message service uses a keypad of a mobile terminal to create a text or edit a previously created and stored message, and then deliver the message to a telephone number input by a user.

In order to transmit a short message using a mobile terminal having various functions and menus, a number of procedures must be followed, which will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 illustrates a conventional short message transmission procedure. As shown in FIG. 1, when the first short message transmission menu is selected, a plurality of submenus are listed for inputting a message.

These submenus let you choose whether to load a sentence or enter a new sentence to edit an existing message.

Then, enter a new sentence or import an existing sentence, edit it, and then press the OK button to ask whether you want to save it, and the user can use it only once or without saving it, considering the frequency of use of the entered message. You can do that.

Then, the other party's telephone number to receive the input or edited message is inputted using a shortcut button / search function or directly inputted, and then the confirmation button is transmitted to transmit the message.

Of course, the above-described method may be different according to the mobile terminal used, but the basic method of using the same message to deliver one message through a plurality of menus is the same.

Therefore, since the short message service can be transmitted to only one counterpart mobile terminal, even if it is desired to transmit the same short message to a plurality of counterpart mobile terminals, it has to be transmitted to each counterpart portable wireless terminal. That is, the short message has to be edited for each counterpart, the phone number of each counterpart has to be entered, and the transmission has to be attempted directly to each counterpart.

Several efforts have been made to avoid the aforementioned method, and some of the methods that are currently available will be briefly discussed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2001-061687 proposes a short message transmission method for a portable wireless terminal, and registers a receiving phone number to which a short message is to be transmitted by group, selects a corresponding group to transmit a message, or sets a preset group. After editing the message, it can be sent to multiple users. However, this method of group-specific message transmission has the inconvenience of registering and managing a group as well as a message, and having to edit it. May need more time.

In addition, Publication No. 2001-011327 proposes a group message transmission method using a personal channel to simultaneously transmit / receive messages between a plurality of mobile terminals belonging to an arbitrary group using a short message service and a one-way broadcast service. Group messages are transmitted and received between the sending and receiving terminals joined to an arbitrary group using a private channel and an intermediate communication system. However, the transmission / reception by group using such a personal channel should be provided when a communication system capable of delivering a message to a subscribed group by using it in the middle and a complicated procedure for the terminal user to join / leave an arbitrary group. There was a problem to implement.

As described above, in order to transmit the same message to a plurality of counterparts, there is a problem of storing the same message and repeating the message transmission step one by one, or setting a group through complicated additional steps.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a simultaneous message transmission menu on a mobile terminal and provides an intuitive user input method. The present invention provides a method of transmitting multiple messages using a mobile terminal that is simple to apply and easy to use. There is this.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional message transmission method.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 are terminal display screens illustrating a screen configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

4 are terminal display screens showing a screen configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for transmitting a short message using a mobile terminal, comprising: selecting a simultaneous message transmission menu using a menu or a shortcut key; Constructing a list of transmission telephone numbers by inputting a plurality of counterpart telephone numbers using predetermined input termination means; Inputting a message to be transmitted, and transmitting the batch message to a list of the input telephone numbers.

The step of constructing the transmission list is characterized in that it further comprises the step of completing the preparation of the transmission telephone number list by pressing the confirmation key without inputting the telephone number after inputting the other party number and pressing the confirmation key.

The step of constructing the transmission list is characterized in that it further comprises the step of completing the preparation of the transmission telephone number list by first receiving the number of the other party's telephone number to be input, and continuously receiving the input number of the telephone number .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above in detail as follows.

2 is an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in this step, selecting a simultaneous message transmission menu using a menu or a shortcut key; Selecting one of a continuous input and a fixed number input as a submenu; When the continuous input menu is selected in the above step, inputting the other party's telephone number, pressing OK to create a transmission telephone number list, and completing the transmission telephone number list by pressing OK without inputting the telephone number; If the fixed number input is selected in the lower menu, inputting the number of recipients first, and completing the input while registering a list of transmission telephone numbers corresponding to the corresponding number as a confirmation key; Entering a message to send and batch transmission to the list of the input phone number entered.

This will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, FIG. 3 illustrates a case where a continuous input is selected as a lower menu after selecting a simultaneous message transmission menu.

As shown in Fig. 3A, the recipient number is entered. Then press the key assigned to 'OK' when finished. Alternatively, you can select one of the contents stored in the phonebook by pressing the key assigned to 'search'.

FIG. 3B is a screen for inputting as many recipient telephone numbers as desired in the same manner as in FIG. 3A. Here, only two are input. After the input is completed, if you press 'OK' while waiting for input of new phone number, there is no input content, so it is recognized as an input termination signal and completes the list of incoming phone numbers.

Figure 3c is to enter the contents to be sent in a batch after the completion of the list of received telephone numbers in the same manner as described above, it is also possible to edit the contents previously entered through direct input or search.

After that, press the key assigned to 'Confirm' to execute the batch transfer.

4 illustrates a case where a fixed number input is selected as a lower menu after selecting a simultaneous message transmission menu.

As shown in Fig. 4A, after inputting the number of recipients, the key assigned to 'OK' is pressed.

Then, as shown in Fig. 4B, the number of the recipient telephone numbers is input by the set number as described above to complete the received telephone number list. In this case, you can select one of the contents stored in the phonebook by pressing the key assigned to 'search'.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4C, the contents to be collectively transmitted after the completion of the reception telephone number list preparation are input as described above, and the previously input contents may be edited through direct input or search. .

After that, press the key assigned to 'Confirm' to execute the batch transfer.

The terminal can continuously attempt to transmit the short message in a batch, and in the service network, the messages are sequentially received by using a reverse access channel or a reverse traffic channel and sequentially forward access. A method of transmitting a message using a forward access channel or a forward traffic channel may be used.

Alternatively, the mobile terminal may transmit a phone number and a message in different packets, receive the same in a service network, and then simultaneously transmit a message to the corresponding phone number.

As described above, the present invention provides a simultaneous message transmission menu on a mobile terminal and provides a variety of intuitive user input methods, thereby reducing the repetitive input of a user in collectively transmitting one message to a plurality of recipients. In addition to this, there is an effect that provides the advantage that the practical application is simple.

Claims (3)

In the short message transmission method using a mobile terminal, Selecting a simultaneous message transmission menu using a menu or a shortcut key; Constructing a list of transmission telephone numbers by inputting a plurality of counterpart telephone numbers using predetermined input termination means; Inputting a message to be transmitted and transmitting the message collectively to a list of the input telephone numbers; The method of claim 1, wherein the step of constructing the transmission list further comprises the step of completing the creation of the transmission telephone number list by pressing the confirmation key without inputting a telephone number after inputting a counterpart number consecutively by pressing the confirmation key. A plurality of message transmission method using a portable terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the constructing of the transmission list further comprises the step of completing the preparation of the transmission telephone number list by first inputting the number of the other party's telephone numbers to be inputted and receiving consecutive input of the number of the inputted telephone numbers. Multiple message transmission method using a mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises a.