KR20040079454A - Method for providing shortcut key for text and imoticon - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying a hot key of characters and emoticons is provided to input a sentence by supplying a sentence input screen if a sentence message writing menu is selected, and to convert into a stored sentence if a sentence having a hot key is inputted, thereby avoiding any inconvenience of inputting a text message. CONSTITUTION: When a mobile communication terminal is powered on, a CPU initializes a system(S110). The CPU enables the terminal to be in a standby state(S112). The CPU decides a selected menu, and supplies a hot key number if a hot key storage menu is selected(S116). If a user selects the hot key number(S118), the CPU supplies a sentence or an emoticon input screen(S120). If the sentence or the emoticon input screen is inputted(S122), the CPU stores the hot key and the sentence or an emoticon(S124).

Description

How to provide shortcuts for letters and emoticons {Method for providing shortcut key for text and imoticon}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a shortcut key in a mobile phone, and in particular, in order to eliminate the inconvenience of repeatedly inputting repeated emo conti and text input in a text message, the user may input the repeated emo conti and text using a shortcut key. It is about how to provide a shortcut for a character and emo-conti.

In general, a mobile phone is separated by a liquid crystal display (LCD) portion and a keypad portion, which are flip-type and terminal display elements, such as a lid attached to a bar-shaped bar-shaped bar-type key pad portion. It can be divided into one folder type so that it can be folded.

Such mobile phones were initially used only for voice communication, but recently, various types of mobile phones have been released, such as listening to AM or FM radio broadcasts, downloading and storing MP3 music, and playing and listening when necessary.

The basic configuration of the mobile phone is an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals with a base station, a speaker for allowing a user to listen to a voice signal, a microphone for receiving a user's voice, and a function button for pressing a phone number of another mobile phone or inputting data. Key pad unit, a display for displaying a dialed telephone number or a text or image indicating the function setting or status of the current mobile phone, a flip for protecting the keypad, and a data transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving data And an earphone connection part for connecting the earphone.

Optionally, a microphone-in-ear earphone, a hands-free kit for driving a vehicle, and a cable for transmitting data can be used as a receptacle (optional). Receptacle).

Recently, as a mobile phone has more various functions, a 4 way navigation key, a joy stick, a scroll bar, and the like, which are configured in the north-south, north-south and north-type forms, are used as input means.

One of the basic functions of a mobile phone is a text message transmission. In inputting text for text message transmission, in general, when a user inputs a text, the user of the mobile phone has a text button assigned to each button on the keypad. Enter by pressing.

Hereinafter, a text input method of a mobile phone according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a mobile phone having a keypad according to the prior art.

The cellular phone with a keypad according to the prior art shows a general clamshell cell phone. Basically, a clamshell cell phone has a display part 3 for displaying a text or an image in a folder part 1, and a cellular phone main part 2. ), The keypad unit 4 is configured.

In the conventional mobile phone as described above, the keypad unit 4 has numerals and letters displayed on the numeric / character keypad unit of each keypad unit 4. For convenience, Korean consonants and vowels are not shown.

In other words, the keypad unit 4 of the conventional mobile phone is a multitap method in which two to four numbers / letters are assigned to each button. The mobile phone user can input a number at a time when a number is input. In most cases, the same button is pressed repeatedly to create the desired character.

In the case of vowels, a collection of vowels is assigned to a button on a keypad, and a vowel may be mistyped. In the case of a vowel, the same button must be pressed several times to select a vowel.

In other words, in a text input using a conventional mobile phone, the text message is complicated by repeatedly pressing a button on the keypad. The method of inputting a text is complicated, and the text is configured in a multi-tap method. Since it is necessary to press a number of times, the user's text input was complicated and of course inconvenient.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, using a shortcut key for repeated emoticons and characters to solve the inconvenience of repeatedly inputting the repeated emo contigi and character input in the text message. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a shortcut key for a character and an emoticon.

1 is a view showing a mobile phone having a keypad according to the prior art.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

3 and 4 illustrate screens to which the present invention is applied.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a shortcut key for an emoticon and a letter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

10: CPU 20: key input unit

30: display unit 40: memory

50: audio unit 60: duplexer

70: receiver 80: transmitter

The present invention for achieving the above object, the first step of the CPU initializes the system, and maintains a standby state when the power of the mobile communication terminal is turned on; A second step of storing a selected shortcut key in an input sentence by providing a sentence input screen and a shortcut key selection screen when the shortcut key storage menu is selected in the first step; And a third step of providing a sentence input screen to select a sentence message writing menu in the first step, converting the sentence into a stored sentence when the sentence is input and the sentence including the shortcut key is input. do.

Now, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied and includes a CPU 10, a key input unit 20, a display unit 30, a memory 40, an audio unit 50, a duplexer 60, and a receiver. 70, the transmitter 80 is provided.

The CPU 10 receives the text message contents and the receiver telephone number to be transmitted from the user and stores them in the memory 40.

The key input unit 20 includes a plurality of keys and menu selection keys for generating a dial key signal, and inputs them to the CPU 10 when key data is generated.

The display unit 30 displays the dial telephone number and each region under the control of the CPU 10.

The memory 40 includes a ROM for storing a program for creating a text message using a shortcut key and transmitting a written text message including a shortcut key, a RAM for temporarily storing data generated while the program is being executed, and semi-permanently. It consists of an EEPROM that stores data for archiving.

The duplexer 60 communicates with the base station through the antenna AT so that the signal from the transmitter 80 is transmitted to the base station through the antenna, and the signal from the base station through the antenna is received by the receiver 70. .

The receiver 70 is controlled by the controller 10 and receives a radio signal output from the duplexer 60.

The transmitter 80 transmits the modulated radio signal from the audio unit 50 to the duplexer 60.

The audio unit 50 is controlled by the control unit 10, modulates the voice signal input through the microphone (MIC) into a wireless signal, demodulates the wireless signal received through the receiver 70 to the speaker (SP) The audio signal is sent to the camera.

In addition, the audio unit 50 detects the ring signal through the receiver 70 when the ring signal is generated from the base station and transmits the ring signal through the ringer. Accordingly, the user acoustically confirms that a ring signal is generated from the base station.

Now, referring to Figure 2 describes the process of sending a text message written by the shortcut and the text message created by the shortcut according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to receive a text message and the like, the CPU 10 provides a text message creation menu, and the text message creation menu provided is a menu for receiving text message contents and a recipient's telephone number to be sent from the user.

The text message creation menu is, for example, a top menu, and a text message management menu (a screen providing such a top menu is not shown in FIG. 3, but the first screen of FIG. 3 is a screen displayed when a text message management menu is selected). In the lower sub menu, there is the inbox, the outbox menu (see the first screen of FIG. 3), and then the lower sub menu (see the second screen of FIG. 3).

In this case, there is a text box menu (refer to the second screen of FIG. 3) as the same sub menu, and the text box menu can store frequently used sentences (such as greetings and positioning) for the user to use in writing a text message. It is menu to make.

There is a new sentence writing menu (refer to the third screen of FIG. 3) as a sub menu of the text box menu, and the user selects the new sentence writing menu and writes the contents he wants to keep, and then stores the text message afterwards. In the process of creating a can be used by importing the sentences stored in the library.

In accordance with the present invention, a shortcut key saving menu (refer to the third screen of FIG. 3) is provided as a sub menu of the text box menu, and the shortcut key saving menu is a menu for designating and storing frequently used sentences or emoticons as shortcut keys.

When the user selects the shortcut key save menu, for example, the shortcut keys # 0, # 1, and # 2 are provided as shown in the fourth screen of FIG. 3, and when the desired number is selected from the provided shortcut numbers, the fifth screen of FIG. Input screen for inputting sentences or emoticons is provided.

The user can enter a sentence or emoji on the input screen and press the OK key to save the sentence or emoji by hot keys.

In FIG. 3, an emoticon "^^;" is stored in # 0, and "love" is stored in # 1.

As such, the sentence or emo-conti saved by the user using the shortcut menu is stored in the memory 40 together with the shortcut.

On the other hand, when the user selects the text message creation menu is provided with a text message creation screen as shown in FIG.

In this case, the user may input a character by using the keypad of the key input unit 20. When a sentence or emo control is stored by specifying a shortcut key, the user may write a sentence by using the shortcut key.

For example, to write the sentence "I love you ^^;" on the sender screen of FIG. 4, the shortcut key # 1 is already assigned to the "love", and the shortcut key # 0 is assigned to the "^^;" "Null # 1 year # 0" can be used to create a sentence using the shortcut key.

When writing a sentence by these shortcut keys, it may be difficult for users to remember the sentence or emoji about the shortcut key that they specify. While watching, provide a sentence or emoji to choose.

In addition, pressing the menu button provides a menu for selecting whether to use shortcut keys while showing shortcut information, or provides a menu for selecting whether to use shortcut keys when pressing the OK key to select whether to use shortcut keys.

On the other hand, the CPU 10 reads the sentence or emoticon for the shortcut key from the memory 40 if the shortcut key is included when transmitting the created text message, and converts the text message with the shortcut key converted to the sentence or emoticon. send.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a shortcut key for an emoticon and a letter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, first, when the power of the mobile communication terminal is turned on, the CPU initializes the system (step S110). The CPU then causes the mobile communication terminal to go to standby (step S112).

Subsequently, it is determined what the selected menu is and when the shortcut key saving menu is selected, the shortcut key number is provided (step S116).

Next, when the user selects the shortcut key number (step S118), a sentence or emoji input screen is provided (step S120).

Subsequently, if a sentence or emo-conti is input on the sentence or emo-conti input screen (step S122), the shortcut key and the sentence or emo-conti are stored (step S124).

On the other hand, when the user selects the text message composition menu, a sentence input screen is provided (step S126).

In this case, the user may input a character by using a keypad of the key input unit. When a sentence or emo control is stored by specifying a shortcut key, the user may write a sentence by using the shortcut key.

When writing a sentence by these shortcut keys, it may be difficult for users to remember the sentence or emoji about the shortcut key that they specify. While watching, provide a sentence or emoji to choose.

In addition, pressing the menu button provides a menu for selecting whether to use shortcut keys while showing shortcut information, or provides a menu for selecting whether to use shortcut keys when pressing the OK key to select whether to use shortcut keys.

The CPU stores the received sentence (step S130), and if the CPU includes a shortcut key when transmitting the written text message, the CPU reads the sentence or emoticon for the shortcut key from memory and performs a conversion, and then the shortcut key is changed to the sentence or emoticon. The converted text message is transmitted (step S132).

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and should be interpreted by the appended claims.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to input a text message using a shortcut key when inputting a text message, thereby avoiding the hassle in inputting a text message.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to input a text message using a shortcut key when inputting a text message, thereby increasing the convenience of use.

Claims (3)

A first step of the CPU initializing the system and maintaining a standby state when the mobile communication terminal is powered on; A second step of storing a selected shortcut key in an input sentence by providing a sentence input screen and a shortcut key selection screen when the shortcut key storage menu is selected in the first step; And In the first step, when the sentence message writing menu is selected, a sentence input screen is provided to receive a sentence, and when a sentence including a shortcut key is input, a sentence comprising a third step of converting and transmitting the stored sentence is input. How to provide shortcuts. The method of claim 1, The second step, Step 2-1 of providing a shortcut number when selecting a shortcut key saving menu; Providing a sentence or emoji input screen when the user selects a shortcut key in step 2-1; And The method of providing a shortcut key for a character and an emoticon, comprising the step 2-3, when the sentence or emo-conti is input on the sentence or emo-conti input screen in step 2-2. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The third step, Step 3-1 of providing a sentence input screen when the user selects a text message writing menu; A third step of storing the received sentence when the user inputs a character using the keypad of the key input unit; If the control unit includes a shortcut key when transmitting the created text message, the controller reads a sentence or emoticon for the shortcut key from the memory and performs a conversion; And The method of providing a shortcut key for a text and an emoticon, comprising the step 3-4 of transmitting a text message including a sentence or an emoticon converted from the shortcut key in step 3-3.