KR20040073062A - Method to search phone number in waiting screen of mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for retrieving a telephone number on a standby picture of a mobile communication terminal is provided to increase the convenience of users by retrieving telephone numbers with partial telephone numbers. CONSTITUTION: A user inputs a specific telephone number in a standby picture state for retrieving a telephone number in a mobile communication terminal(S300). The mobile communication terminal searches a memory for telephone numbers starting with the numbers up to now in the middle of receiving the numbers for displaying a list of the telephone numbers on a liquid crystal display(S302). The user selects the specific telephone number from the displayed list(S304). The user originates a call by pressing a specific key or a send button(S306).

Description

{Method to search phone number in waiting screen of mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number from a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the user inputs a phone number to the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal and the mobile terminal is expected to refer to the input telephone number. It shows a list of numbers and the user selects a specific phone number and sends it.

Currently, a mobile communication terminal has a memory therein, and when a user inputs a phone number to be stored, the mobile terminal has a function of storing the phone number at a specific physical address of the terminal memory together with a logical address for the phone number.

The telephone number storage method may store a plurality of telephone numbers in the mobile communication terminal, and the user may call and use the stored telephone number terminal memory without inputting the telephone numbers one by one.

Once a user makes a call stored in the memory in order to call a phone number stored in the terminal memory, the terminal searches one logical address of the telephone number one by one and actually reads all the addresses where the telephone number is stored in the memory and outputs the terminal. Then, the user selects a desired calling number from among the plurality of phone numbers output and talks with the other party.

A process of searching for a telephone number in a conventional mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, when a user presses a menu key among mobile terminals (S100), the mobile terminal displays menu items. Subsequently, when the user selects a menu item among the displayed menu items (S102), the mobile communication terminal displays a menu item. Here, the related menu items to be displayed include search by name, search speed, search by phone number, and the like. At this time, if the user selects through the "Find by phone number" menu among the displayed menu items (S104), the mobile communication terminal displays the "Find by phone number" menu item on the LCD screen.

In this way, the user inputs all or a part of a specific phone number in the search by displayed phone number menu item (S106). Then, the mobile communication terminal displays a list of expected telephone numbers on the LCD screen (S108). The user selects and sends a specific telephone number from the telephone number list (S110).

In the above manner, the user may make a call by searching for a desired phone number in the phone unit stored in the memory of the mobile communication terminal or may make a call using a preset speed dial. On the other hand, the phone number search method as described above is inconvenient to press the mobile button of the mobile communication terminal until the desired phone number is found. In addition, as the phone number stored in the memory of the mobile communication terminal increases, it is impossible to perform a quick phone number search.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the user enters a phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal at the same time the mobile communication terminal with reference to the phone number entered the expected phone number on the LCD screen The purpose is to show the list and provide a way for the user to select and dial a specific phone number.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for a telephone number in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for and calling a phone number from a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4A to 4D are screen examples showing a process of inputting and searching a phone number on a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

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According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for searching a phone number in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: a first step of a user inputting a specific phone number in a standby screen state; A second step of retrieving a telephone number starting from a number entered so far in a memory and displaying the list on the LCD screen; And a third step of calling a specific telephone number when the user selects a specific telephone number from the telephone number list displayed on the LCD screen.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for searching for a telephone number in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a first step of a user inputting a specific telephone number in a call state; And a second step of searching the memory for a telephone number starting with the number entered so far and displaying the list on the LCD screen.

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

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, which includes a keypad 200, a memory 202, a controller 204, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) 206.

When the user inputs a phone number on the idle screen, the keypad 200 receives a user command and transfers all or part of a specific phone number input by the user to the controller 204.

The control unit 204 refers to the phone book, the incoming / outgoing call history, and the incoming / outgoing text message history list stored in the memory 202, in which all or some numbers of a specific phone number input through the keypad 200 exist. The list of numbers is displayed on the LCD screen.

The memory 202 stores various information such as a program for operating a mobile communication terminal, a telephone book, a call / call history, a call / call text message history, and the like.

The LCD screen 206 displays all or a part of a specific telephone number input through the keypad 200 and a list of expected telephone numbers transmitted by the controller 204. The user may select a specific phone number from the list of phone numbers displayed on the LCD screen and press a call button key to send a call to the other party.

A process of searching for a telephone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The mobile communication terminal maintains a standby state, and a user inputs a specific phone number in a standby screen state to search for a phone number in the mobile communication terminal (S300). Then, while the mobile number is input, the mobile terminal searches for the telephone number starting with the number entered so far in the memory and displays the list on the LCD screen (S302).

For example, when a user inputs a telephone number "016" into the standby screen as shown in FIG. 4A, the mobile communication terminal displays a list of telephone numbers beginning with the number "016" as shown in FIG. 4B. Display on the screen. Here, the mobile communication terminal displays a list of expected telephone numbers on the LCD screen with reference to the telephone book, incoming / outgoing call history, incoming / outgoing text message history list. Subsequently, when the user enters the next number as shown in Fig. 4C, only the telephone number starting with the number entered so far is displayed as shown in Fig. 4D.

The user selects a specific telephone number from the list of expected telephone numbers displayed on the LCD screen (S304). Then, the user presses a specific key or a call button of the mobile communication terminal to make a call with the other party (S306).

In addition, the present invention can search by entering a specific telephone number on the LCD screen of the mobile communication terminal while the user is talking to the other party. 4C illustrates an example of a screen in which a user inputs only a part of a phone number on the LCD screen during a call. As shown in FIG. 4C, the user inputs a telephone number " 016) 2 " As shown in FIG. 4D, the mobile communication terminal displays the telephone number "016) 2" and simultaneously retrieves the telephone number from the memory to display a list of expected telephone numbers on the LCD screen.

In addition, when the user continues to input the phone number to search for the correct phone number, the mobile terminal displays the phone number closest to the input phone number on the LCD screen. The user can select a specific phone number from the list of phone numbers displayed on the LCD screen and press the call button key to talk with the other party.

Therefore, the present invention, as described above, the user can search by entering all or part of a specific phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal, the user does not need to search by entering the phone number in the phone book by pressing the menu key Have an advantage. In addition, a user who cannot memorize the entire telephone number can search for the telephone number by inputting only a part of the telephone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal.

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of displaying a list of expected phone numbers on the LCD screen with reference to the input phone number while the user inputs a phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, since a search can be performed even if a user inputs only a part of a specific telephone number, it has an effect of increasing convenience of a consumer using a mobile communication terminal.

Claims (4)

In the method for retrieving a phone number in the mobile communication terminal, A first step of the user inputting a specific phone number in the idle screen state; A second step of retrieving a telephone number starting from a number entered so far in a memory and displaying the list on the LCD screen; And A third step of calling a specific telephone number when the user selects a specific telephone number from the list of telephone numbers displayed on the LCD screen; Method for searching for a phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein in the second step Searching for a phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to search for a phone number starting with the number entered so far, referring to the phone book, incoming / outgoing call history, incoming / outgoing text message history list. Way. In the method for retrieving a phone number in the mobile communication terminal, A first step of the user inputting a specific phone number in a call state; The second step of retrieving the phone number starting from the number entered so far in the memory and displaying the list on the LCD screen Method for searching for a phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal comprising a. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein in the second step Searching for a phone number on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to search for a phone number starting with the number entered so far, referring to the phone book, incoming / outgoing call history, incoming / outgoing text message history list. Way.