KR20040076693A - storing method for phone number of recent call number at phone book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for storing the number of the latest call list in a phone book is provided to by searching a previously stored name of the other party. CONSTITUTION: A user selects the latest call list menu(S10). A phone number list is presented and the user selects one from the phone number list(S20). The user selects a 'phone book edit' menu to store the selected number(S30). The entire names stored in the phone book are presented and the user searches a name of the other party by moving up/down key(S40). If the name of the other party exists in the phone book(S50), the name of the other party is selected and the phone number of the other party is edited and stored(S60).

Description

Storing method for phone number of recent call number at phone book}

The present invention relates to a method of storing a number of a recent call list in a phone book.

More specifically, when the mobile terminal stores a phone number of the recent call list, which presents a list of phone numbers recently sent or received by the user, in the phonebook of the mobile terminal, the number to be stored in the recent call list. And selecting and searching for a counterpart name to store the number and storing the number in the phone number list of the counterpart name.

As the caller display service is implemented in the mobile terminal, a list of telephone numbers sent by the user and a list of telephone numbers received by the mobile terminal are sequentially stored according to time in the 'recent call list' menu, and the user has the recent call list menu. If you select, it will be presented sequentially from the list of recently dialed or received phone numbers.

In particular, the phone number list and the phone number list received by the mobile terminal according to the mobile terminal device may be classified and stored as 'calling number list' and 'receiving (listing) number list', respectively. Numbers that do not receive an incoming call may be stored separately in a menu named "List of missed calls."

In the recent call list as described above, there may be a number that the user wants to store in the phone book, and the currently provided storage method is as follows.

1 is a screen diagram of a mobile terminal for explaining a method of storing a number of a conventional recent call list in a phone book. Referring to FIG. 1, when a user first selects a recent call list menu, a call list of a specified number is designated as shown in FIG. 1A. This is presented.

If one of them is selected (select '1' in the recent call list in FIG. 1A), detailed information such as the outgoing call or the received call and the date and time are presented for the selected number.

If the user selects' menu 'in the state, the items included in the menu (1. message transmission, 2. phonebook storage ...) are presented as shown in FIG. 1b, and the user selects' 2. If you select 'Save phone book', a window is displayed to select a phone type to store the number from the phone number list of the other party's name as shown in FIG.

When the user selects a phone type field for storing the number, such as a mobile phone, a home phone, or an office phone, an input window for inputting the other party's name is presented as shown in FIG. 1D. The phone number list of names will be saved.

However, when the counterpart name and number are stored in a new address through the above process, the case where the stored counterpart name may be previously stored in another address is overlooked.

That is, in the above case, there is a problem that a telephone number designated by the same person's name exists at two addresses of the telephone book.

In order to prevent the problem from occurring, the user memorizes or writes down the number to be stored in the telephone book among the numbers of the recent call list or writes in a memo, and then retrieves the other party's name corresponding to the number from the telephone directory menu and calls the other party's name. Edit and store the memorized or written number in the number list.

In the above case, it is possible to prevent the telephone number designated by the same person's name in two addresses of the telephone book from being present, but it is inconvenient to memorize or write it in the memo.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the phone number of the counterpart name by searching for the counterpart name to store the number in the phone book among the numbers to be stored in the phone book among the numbers presented in the recent call list An object of the present invention is to provide a method for editing and storing the numbers in a number list.

1 is a screen diagram of a mobile terminal for explaining a method of storing a conventional recent call list number in a phone book.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal for supporting the present invention;

3 is a screen diagram of a mobile terminal for explaining a method of storing a recent call list number in a phone book according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing a recent call list number in a phone book according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: keypad 20: control unit

30: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit 40: display unit

50: memory

One embodiment of the present invention for realizing the above object, the recent call list search step of presenting the recent call list in accordance with the menu selection key input for searching the recent call list of the mobile terminal user; A storage number selection step of selecting a number to be stored in the telephone directory from the recent call list; The name of the recent call list is formed by including a phone book editing step of retrieving the other party's name corresponding to the selected number from the phone book and editing the number of the recent call list in the phone number list of the searched party's name. Provides a way to store in the phone book.

In the above embodiment, the editing of the phone book may include a counterpart name searching step in which a list of counterpart names stored in the phone book is presented and the user searches for the counterpart name using up and down navigation keys.

In the above embodiment, the editing of the phone book may include a name input window for searching for a counterpart name in the phone book, and a counterpart input step for searching for the counterpart name entered in the input window in the phone book. It is done.

In the above embodiment, the editing of the phone book is characterized in that the selected number is stored in the selected phone type column of the phone number list of the other party's name.

In addition, the editing of the phone book may be overwritten with the number of the recent call list according to the user's selection when there is a pre-stored number in the selected phone type column of the phone number list of the counterpart name.

These objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal for supporting the present invention. FIG. 3 is a screen diagram of a mobile terminal for explaining a method of storing a recent call list number in a phone book according to the present invention. Is a flowchart for explaining a method of storing a recent call list number in a phone book of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile terminal for supporting the present invention includes a keypad 10 configured to generate key data corresponding to a key selected by a user and to transmit the generated key data to the controller 20. The control unit 20 performs overall operation control of the mobile terminal, the memory 50 for storing an algorithm and a phone number or a text message for the operation of the mobile terminal, and an information signal generated during an operation operation of the mobile terminal. And a display unit 40 for displaying and a radio frequency transmitting / receiving unit 30 for transmitting / receiving a voice signal or a text message to a base station.

In particular, since the hardware configuration of the mobile terminal is the same as the existing mobile terminal configuration, it is specified that only the schematic components are listed above.

In the mobile terminal having the above configuration, a process of storing the phone number of the recent call list in the phone book will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, the user operates the keypad 10 of the mobile terminal to select a recent call list menu (S10).

The 'recent call list' menu may have a different name for each terminal.

When the user selects the recent call list menu, a telephone number list is presented as shown in FIG. 3A, and when the user selects one number among them (S20), detailed information on the selected number is presented as shown in the lower portion of FIG. 3A.

That is, the number '0171232233' selected by the user is an outgoing call number, and it can be seen that the call was made at 4:59 pm on December 2.

When the menu key is pressed while the number is selected, a menu list is presented as shown in FIG. 3B, in which the user selects a 'telephone book edit' menu for storing the selected number (S30).

If the phone book edit menu is not selected in step S30, the operation by the key input by the operator is executed (S45).

Then, as shown in FIG. 3C, the full names stored in the phone book are sequentially presented to search for the name of the counterpart to store the number, and the user searches the counterpart name by moving the up and down keys (S40).

Alternatively, when the phone book edit menu is selected in step S30, an input window for inputting a name to be searched may be presented.

If the other party's name is found in the phone book in the same manner as described above (YES in S50), the other party's name is selected, the phone number list of the other party's name is edited and stored (S60).

As shown in FIG. 3D, a home phone number has already been stored in the phone number list of the other name 'Hong Gil Dong', and the user selects a phone type (mobile phone) to store the number selected in step S20 from the phone number list of Hong Gil Dong. After selecting, select 'Paste'.

Then, the mobile phone number of Hong Gil-dong selected in step S20 is additionally stored in the phone number list of Hong-Gil-Dong.

However, if the user wants to store in the phone number list of Hong Gil-dong is not a mobile phone number but a home phone number, and selects the icon representing the home phone number in FIG. 3C, the number is stored instead of the previously stored home phone number. (Overwrite).

If the other party's name does not exist in the phone book in step S50, after selecting a telephone type for storing the selected number in the same manner as in the conventional method (S62), the other party's name is input and stored (S65).

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

As described above, in the present invention, when the number stored in the recent call list is to be stored in the phone book, the phone number of the same name can be searched for and stored in the counterpart phone number list. The list can be prevented from being added, and user convenience can be increased.

Claims (5)

A recent call list retrieval step of presenting a recent call list according to a menu selection key input for retrieving a recent call list of a mobile terminal user; A storage number selection step of selecting a number to be stored in the telephone directory from the recent call list; The name of the recent call list is formed by including a phone book editing step of retrieving the other party's name corresponding to the selected number from the phone book and editing the number of the recent call list in the phone number list of the searched party's name. How to save in the phone book. The method of claim 1, wherein the phone book editing step A counterpart name list stored in the phone book is presented, and the counterpart name search step of the user searching for the counterpart name using the up and down navigation keys is stored in the phone book. The method of claim 1, wherein the phone book editing step A name input window for searching for a counterpart name in the phone book is provided, and the counterpart input step of searching for the counterpart name input in the input window in the phone book is stored in the phone book. Way. The method of claim 1, wherein the phone book editing step And storing the number of the recent call list in the phone book, wherein the selected number is stored in the selected phone type column of the phone number list of the other party's name. The method of claim 4, wherein the phone book editing step If there is a pre-stored number in the selected telephone type column of the phone number list of the other party's name, the number of the recent call list is stored in the phonebook according to the user's selection. Way.