KR20040062326A - Method for providing direct dial service of mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying an abbreviated dialing service of a portable terminal is provided to supply abbreviated dialing information on other telephone number of a called party, and to perform an abbreviated dialing process with the other telephone number, thereby easily retrieving the other telephone number of the called party. CONSTITUTION: When a recent call list is requested through a key input unit(S110), a controller extracts recent call list information and displays the extracted list information on a display(S120). If a user selects one of called parties from the recent call lists(S130), the controller stores a main address of the called party(S140), and displays other telephone number menu for the called party(S150). If the user selects a desired telephone number from the menu(S160), the controller stores a sub address(S170). The controller retrieves a phone book based on the main address and the sub address(S180). The controller extracts retrieved results(S190), and displays the results on the display(S200). The controller requests a call with a retrieved telephone number(S210).

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIRECT DIAL SERVICE OF MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a speed dial service of a mobile terminal, and in particular, to provide speed dial information of another phone number of a call destination stored in a recent call list by using a phone number stored in an internal memory of the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a method for providing a shortcut dial service of a portable terminal.

In general, a mobile terminal has a phone number storage function. Therefore, the user of the mobile terminal attempts to make a phone call by storing the phone number using the phone number storage function and searching the phone number by the name of the person to be called.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal stores a plurality of telephone numbers for one person, and sets one of the telephone numbers as a representative number and stores it. For example, the mobile terminal stores three to four phone numbers for one person, such as a home phone number, a company phone number, and a mobile phone number for a person named 'A', and sets the mobile phone number as a representative number. Can be stored. If the user of the mobile terminal searches for the telephone number of 'A', the representative number (mobile phone number) is provided to the user of the portable terminal, and if the mobile terminal user wants to call 'A', the representative number Call (mobile number).

However, if the mobile terminal user fails to call the main number or attempts to make a phone call to another number of the user for other reasons, the mobile terminal user re-searches the phone number under the name of 'A' and sets the main phone number. You must retry the call by selecting a different phone number of 'A' rather than a number.

As described above, when a mobile terminal user fails to call a phone number of a selected caller for a call or attempts to call another user's other number for another reason, the user must search the phone number again from the beginning. It caused discomfort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above shortcomings, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a speed dial service of a mobile terminal, which enables a mobile terminal user to easily search for another phone number of the same person stored in an internal memory of the mobile terminal. In providing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a speed dial service of a portable terminal, which enables a portable terminal user to easily connect to another telephone number stored in an internal memory of the portable terminal.

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a speed dial service of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of storing recent call information in a mobile terminal;

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of storing a user-specific telephone number in a memory of a mobile terminal;

5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a mobile terminal for providing a speed dial service according to one embodiment of the present invention;

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a speed dial service of a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a first process of displaying recent call list information stored in an internal memory of a mobile terminal based on a recent call list request inputted; When the user selects a call destination selection command while the list information is displayed, a second process of displaying another phone number selection menu for the call destination based on the selection command; and the other phone number selection menu is displayed. A third step of searching for a phone book stored in the internal memory of the mobile terminal according to the selection command when a different phone number selection command of the user is input, and a fourth step of providing a search result of the third step; It is characterized by.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal 100 to which the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 1, a portable terminal to which the present invention is applied includes a controller 110, a memory 120, a transceiver 130, a key input 140, a display 150, and a signal processor 160.

The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 100 based on the mobile terminal operation information stored in the memory 120.

The memory 120 stores / manages mobile terminal operation information including basic operation information of the mobile terminal 100, additional service information, and user information for each registered telephone number (commonly referred to as a “phone book”). .

The transceiver 130 transmits / receives data through a wireless network.

The key input unit 140 is a device for providing an interface between the portable terminal 100 and the user, and inputs user input into the portable terminal 100.

The display unit 150 displays an operation state and external input items of the mobile terminal 100.

The signal processor 160 processes signals input / output through a speaker and a microphone under the control of the controller 110.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a speed dial service of a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2, when a recent call list is requested through the key input unit 140 (S110), the controller 110 extracts the latest call list information stored in the memory 120 in response to the display. Display through 150 (S120).

3 illustrates an example of a method of storing such recent call list information in the memory 120. Referring to FIG. 3, the recent call list stored in the memory 120 stores phone number attempted to call, date and time of call attempt, call success or failure, and main address information in which the call attempted phone number is stored. At this time, the main address refers to the main address of the phone book where the phone number is stored. In this case, the main address is a relative concept of expressing a plurality of phone number storage positions for the same person in the phone book stored in the memory 120 as a sub address.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of storing a user-specific phone number in the memory 120 of the portable terminal. In the example of FIG. 4, the user-specific phone number stored in the memory 120 (commonly referred to as 'phone book', hereinafter referred to as 'phone book') is set to store four phone numbers for each individual. The main address is address information for classifying individual information, and the sub address is address information for classifying phone numbers among the individual information.

When the user selects a call target of one of the recent call lists displayed in step S120, the controller 110 stores the main address of the call target (S140), and selects another phone number selection menu for the call target (S140). For example, the sub address selection menu) is displayed (S150). At this time, storing the main address of the call target is for reference when selecting another phone number for the call target selected later. In addition, the other phone number selection menu (sub-address selection menu) displayed in step S150 has a predetermined display form. An example is shown in FIG. 5.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display of a mobile terminal for providing a speed dial service according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5, another phone number selection menu is implemented to select another phone number by a user's numeric key input, and pops up at the bottom left of the screen displayed on the mobile terminal. In the example of FIG. 5, when the user of the mobile terminal selects a person named 'Ility' displayed in a recent call log, another phone number selection menu for searching for another phone number of a person named 'Ility' pops up at the bottom left. It is shown. In the example of FIG. 5, when the user wants to search for the home telephone number of 'Jung Yong Sung', the user inputs the number key '1' of the mobile terminal, and if the user wants to search the company telephone number of 'Jung Yong Sung' Enter key '2', and if you want to search the mobile phone number of 'Jung Yong-seong', the user can enter the number key '3' of the mobile terminal.

When the user selects a desired phone number (eg, a sub-address) from another phone number selection menu displayed in step S150 (S160), the sub-address is stored (S170). In operation S140, a phone book (for example, a phone book) is searched based on the stored main address and the sub address. That is, the phone number corresponding to the sub-address selected in the step S160 is searched from the phone number list of the call target selected in the step S130. The search result is extracted (S190) and displayed on the display unit 150 (S200). Or the phone number may be voice-modulated and output through the speaker.

The call request is made to the searched phone number (S210). That is, an attempt is made to automatically connect to the telephone number retrieved in step S180.

In the examples of FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, an example of a case where a user selects a phone number stored in the sub-number '2' among other phone numbers of '02 -333-4444 'stored as the first recent call list will be described. As follows. First, when the user selects the call target ('02 -333-4444 ') stored in the first recent call list, the controller 110 may select the main address (' 1) of the call target from the recent call list information stored in the memory 120. ') Is detected and stored temporarily. In addition, when the user selects the phone number stored in the sub-address '2' of the call target, the sub-address ('2') is also temporarily stored. Then, the phone book stored in the memory 120 is searched based on the main address ('1') and the sub address ('2'), and the phone number ('031-) stored in the sub-address (' 2 ') of the call target. 222-5555 ') is detected and provided to the user. The telephone number ('031-222'5555') is automatically dialed.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims and equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention enables the portable terminal user to easily search for another telephone number of the same person stored in the internal memory of the portable terminal and to facilitate a telephone connection to the telephone number. Therefore, when the user of the mobile terminal fails to make a phone call to any one person stored in the internal memory, the user can easily dial another person's number.

Claims (4)

A first process of displaying recent call list information stored in an internal memory of a mobile terminal according to an input of a recent call list request; A second process of displaying another telephone number selection menu for the call target based on the selection command when the call target selection command is inputted while the recent call list information is displayed; A third step of searching for a phone book stored in the internal memory of the portable terminal according to the selection command when the user inputs another telephone number selection command while the other telephone number selection menu is displayed; And a fourth process of providing a search result of the third process. The method of claim 1, And a fifth process of attempting automatic telephone connection to the telephone number retrieved in the third process. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second process A method of providing a speed dial service for a mobile terminal, comprising popping up another phone number selection menu on one side of a screen of the mobile terminal so that a user can select another phone number by inputting a numeric key of the user. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fourth process And providing the search result of the third process as at least one of text information and voice information.