KR20040033200A - A method of displaying information with automation for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for automatically displaying information in a mobile phone is provided to automatically display many pieces of information, managed by a selected menu among various menus in a mobile phone, in the regular order and at regular durations. CONSTITUTION: The user of a mobile phone displays all available menus through a display part and selects a menu to record, store, and manage desired information(S100). The mobile phone judges whether the user selects 'Automatic Display' for information that the selected menu manages(S110). In case that the user selects 'Automatic Display', the mobile phone judges whether the user selects and inputs a duration(S120). If the user selects and inputs a duration, the mobile phone displays associated information sequentially and consecutively through the display part according to the selected and inputted duration(S130). Then the mobile terminal judges whether all the information sequentially and consecutively displayed by the duration has been displayed or an interrupt is generated by the user(S140).

Description

A METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION WITH AUTOMATION FOR MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to a method of automatically displaying a plurality of information using a display unit of a mobile terminal, and in particular, a plurality of information by the same menu is automatically and quickly automatically by a predetermined time interval and a predetermined order without a separate control signal To display.

The mobile communication system communicates with the other party anytime, anywhere using a subscribed mobile terminal, and receives various types of additional services such as SMS (SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE), call bell designation, background display designation, etc. Retrieves a number of stored or stored information and selects one of them.

The text message information is divided and stored in units of received information, and the ringtone designation may include a variety of melodies stored in a mobile terminal, and may store a personalized melody by download (DOWN-LOAD). In the case of the background screen, the mobile terminal is basically stored in the mobile terminal and is newly downloaded. Another example of the new additional service is photography information, cartoon information, and video information.

In order to select the one suitable for the user's taste or to check all the received text information, the various information as described above should be searched for each information. There is a problem that the simple selection process is inconvenient and time-consuming to repeat.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a method for easily and conveniently processing a simple process of selecting and confirming each piece of information in retrieving a large amount of information stored in the mobile terminal as described above.

Hereinafter, a method of displaying information of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Attached to explain the prior art, FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram of a general portable terminal, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for displaying information of a portable terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 40 capable of instant communication with the other party anytime and anywhere while moving has a large variety of information in letters, numbers. A display unit 10 which is displayed in a symbol or the like and is also displayed in various colors, and a button unit 20 for calling a counterpart or using various services or inputting a text message using the mobile terminal 40. And, the mobile terminal 40 is composed of an antenna 30 to enable wireless communication.

Referring to FIG. 2, the information display method of the mobile terminal 40 according to the related art is, for example, a first step of selecting one of various menus such as a text message, a melody selection, a background screen selection, and the like (S10). ), A second step (S20) of selecting one piece of information to be searched from among a plurality of information of the menu selected in the step (S10), and a third step (S30) of checking the information selected in the step (S20); In the case of searching for other information by checking whether the information selected in the step S30 is determined and searching for other information, the method returns to the first step S10 and terminates when not searching. It consists of).

Hereinafter, a method for displaying information using the mobile terminal 40 for mobile communication according to the related art will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 attached to the drawings. While displaying the additional service menu, a corresponding menu (MENU) in which information of the type to be searched is stored is selected (S10).

When a menu for managing desired information is selected in step S10, a plurality of information lists recorded and stored in the selected menu are displayed, and specific information to be searched is selected from the list (S20). ).

When the information selected by the step S20 is displayed on the corresponding display unit 10 of the mobile terminal 40, it is checked by the user (S30), and when the user wants to search for other information, the feedback is returned to the first step S10. If no other information is retrieved, the process proceeds to the end (S40).

Through the information display method of the related art as described above, various text message (SMS) information, melody information, background information, and the like stored in the mobile terminal 40 can be searched and set or corrected, but included in each menu. When the amount of information to be searched increases, there is an inconvenience in use that the simple search process must be repeated as described above for the search.

In addition, when the service menu is various and the number of the corresponding information is large, it takes a lot of time to search and there is an inconvenience in use that it is not possible to quickly check the information.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically displaying a plurality of information managed by a selected menu among various menus of a mobile terminal according to a predetermined order and period of time.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the selection process of selecting one menu from among a plurality of menus of the portable terminal and determining whether to display the corresponding information in a predetermined order; A setting step of arbitrarily setting and inputting a time at which the information is displayed when selecting automatic display of information in the step; An automatic process of continuously displaying information at a time period set by the process and displaying all the information or repeating until an interruption of a user occurs; If there is an interrupt in the process, it is determined whether to continue the automatic search, and if it continues, it is characterized by consisting of a confirmation process to return to the automatic process.

1 is an external configuration diagram of a general portable terminal,

2 is a flowchart of a method for displaying mobile terminal information according to the prior art;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically displaying mobile terminal information according to the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

10: display unit 20: button unit

30: antenna 40: mobile terminal

Hereinafter, a method for automatically displaying information of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically displaying mobile terminal information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the method for automatically displaying mobile terminal information according to the present invention includes one of a menu displaying a plurality of types of services provided by the mobile terminal 40 communicating while moving and storing desired information. Select a particular menu (S100), and display the corresponding information stored in the selected menu in the predetermined order set on the display unit 10 of the mobile terminal 40, that is, only information that is not searched and confirmed, and all the corresponding information. To select whether to display automatically in a reverse order or a reverse order (S110), and the selection process (S110) and, if the selection process (S110) to select the information of the menu is automatically displayed, the unit information Is to arbitrarily input the time displayed on the display unit 10 within the set range. If the display time is not selected and inputted, The setting process (S120), which is arbitrarily set, and the information of the corresponding menu are continuously displayed at the time period set by the setting process (S120) (S130), and all of the information is displayed or there may be an interrupt of the user (INTERRUPT). Repeated automatic display until the automatic process (S140), and if the automatic process (S140) determines that all of the information is displayed or the interrupt (INTERRUPT) is generated by the user, the display unit according to the set order It is determined whether or not to continue the automatic search to automatically display in the case, if it continues, the confirmation process (S150) to feed back to the automatic process (S130), and do not continue the automatic search determined in the confirmation process (S150) In the case of determining whether or not to manually search for and verifying the following order information (S180), the determination result (S180) does not manually search. If it is determined whether to search for a menu, if no other menu is searched, the process proceeds to the end (S190), and if the automatic display is not selected as determined in the selection process (S110), a plurality of information of the menu The user selects information to search from the list (S160), and displays the selected information (S160) on the display unit 10 of the mobile terminal 40, thereby confirming the information (S170).

In the process, if it is determined that the manual search for the information in the next order (S180), the feedback (FEEDBACK) to the manual process (S160), and determines to search the other menu (MENU) In the case (S190), the configuration returns to the selection process (S100).

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, a method for automatically displaying information of a mobile terminal will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The mobile terminal 40 for mobile communication transmits and receives a text message (SMS: SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE) by the advantage of being able to immediately communicate with the other party anytime, anywhere while moving, and by receiving a bell sound of various kinds of ringtones or the like. Alternatively, the display unit 10 may display a still image and a moving image IMAGE, and at the same time, colorize the melody sound so that an image suitable for one's personality is displayed as a background screen.

In order to select and confirm information such as various text messages, ringing tones, and background screens as described above, the corresponding menu should be selected and the contents of the information should be searched one by one.

The information retrieved as described above is diverse and many, and the selected information is simply checked or processed as a background image according to the purpose of use. The present invention is for easily searching for such a large amount of information, and the display unit ( 10) to automatically display.

That is, referring to FIG. 3, all the available menus are displayed on the display unit 10 by using the corresponding button unit 20 or dial button provided integrally in the mobile terminal 40, and information to be searched. Select a menu to record and manage the recording (S100).

It is determined whether to select to automatically display the information managed by the selected menu as described above (S110), in the case of selecting the automatic display in the determination (S110), for example, whether to set to display only unread information, or Select whether or not to set all the information to be displayed in the order of the forward direction or the reverse order of the recorded order.

When the automatic display is selected in the selection process (S110), a time period of the DURATION in which each information is displayed on the display unit 10 of the mobile terminal 40 is selected and set, and the cycle time is input. If not selected and input, a predetermined standard time is set and input (S120).

The information is sequentially displayed on the display unit 10 in sequence by the period of time selected and input in the setting process S120 (S130).

When the information displayed continuously is displayed one time at a time of the cycle set as described above, or it is determined whether an interrupt (INTERRUPT) is intentionally input by the user (S140), and the interrupt is not generated in the determination Continues the continuous display at the set period.

Judging by the automatic process (S140) above. If an interrupt occurs, it is determined by the user, and it is determined whether to continue the search by the automatic display of the information (S150). When the automatic search is continued by the determination (S150), the automatic If the feedback (FEEDBACK) and the automatic search does not continue to the process (S130), it is determined whether or not to perform a manual search to display the information in the following order by manual selection (S180).

If the manual search is not performed in the determination (S180), it is determined whether to search for another type of information by selecting another menu (SNU) (S190), and the determination result (S190) according to the other type by another menu. If the information is not retrieved, the process proceeds to the end, and when the search result of the other type of information by the other menu (S190) is returned to the selection process (S100).

If you do not make a selection to automatically display the corresponding information of the menu selected in the selection process (S110), information to be checked by searching from the list of information displayed on the display unit 10 by the user of the mobile terminal 40 Is manually selected (S160), the mobile terminal 40 displays the corresponding information by the selection, that is, information such as text message (SMS) or melody (MELODY) or image (IMAGE) on the display unit 10. By the manual display, the user manually checks the information one by one (S170), even in the process (S180), the manual process (S160, S170), even if you want to manually check the information by the following sequence in the process (S180) Process the same.

Therefore, the configuration of the present invention according to the embodiment of the present invention, the automatic search or manual search by selecting a variety of various types of information recorded and stored in the mobile terminal 40 at the same time when the automatic search at the set time period Because it is automatically displayed by the has the advantage of convenience in use that can quickly and easily search for information.

According to the present invention by the above configuration, there is a convenient effect that can be used to easily and easily search for various types of information recorded in the portable terminal.

In addition, by displaying the information in a period of time set by the user, there is a convenient effect that a user can quickly search and confirm a large amount of information.

Claims (6)

A selection process of selecting one menu from among a plurality of menus of the mobile terminal and determining whether to display the corresponding information automatically in a predetermined order; A setting process of arbitrarily setting and inputting a time at which the information is displayed when selecting automatic display of information in the above process; An automatic process of continuously displaying information at a time period set by the above process and displaying all the information or repeating until an interruption of a user occurs; And determining if the automatic search is to be continued if there is an interrupt in the process, and if the interruption is to be continued, a confirmation process for feeding back to the automatic process. According to claim 1, If it is determined in the above confirmation process does not continue the automatic search, Determining whether or not to manually search the information of the next order, if not searching whether to search for another menu, if not searching for another menu further comprises the process of proceeding to the end Automatic display of information on a mobile terminal. According to claim 1, If it is determined in the selection process that does not display automatically, And a manual process of selecting information to be searched from a plurality of information lists of a corresponding menu and confirming information displayed on a corresponding display unit of the portable terminal by the selection. The method of claim 1, wherein when the setting information is not input at random, An automatic information display method of a portable terminal, characterized in that the input is set to a predetermined standard time. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic display selection of information in the selection process, Automatic display of information on a mobile terminal, characterized in that the display automatically displays only information that has not been previously checked and checked, or automatically displays all the recorded information stored in the reverse or reverse order. Way. The method of claim 2, wherein the process is, In case of manually searching for the information of the next order, the information is returned to the manual process of selecting and manually displaying and confirming the respective information, The method for automatically displaying information of a mobile terminal, characterized in that for returning to the selection process when searching for the other menu.