KR20040079465A - A mobile phone with clipboard function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile communication terminal having a clipboard function is provided to store data written in a short message transmission service mode on a clipboard, thereby reusing the corresponding data while using other service and enabling a user to correct/store the stored data. CONSTITUTION: A wireless receiver(11) performs a signal demodulation for a voice signal or a text signal received from a base station, and transmits the demodulated voice or the text signal to a controller. A wireless transmitter(12) performs a modulation to transmit a voice data signal or a media data signal received from the controller to the base station. A display(13) displays various information and menus of a terminal. A clipboard buffer(16) is a temporary storage buffer for temporarily storing documents to be copied or moved while writing a short message or e-mail.

Description

Mobile terminal with clipboard function {A mobile phone with clipboard function}

The present invention implements a clipboard function for a mobile communication terminal that temporarily stores data such as a string and reuses it, and by using the clipboard function, a user can recall a string created in a short message mode in an e-mail mode and use it again. Will be.

Recently, the mobile communication terminal provides various functions such as short message (SMS) transmission, email transmission using wireless Internet, and string transmission / reception exchange using a local area network in addition to the basic communication function.

In order to transmit the short message, first, the user has to input a string using a keypad of a mobile communication terminal. However, when a user uses a string previously used, the user needs to input the same string again. In order to solve this inconvenience, the mobile communication terminal has a function of storing and reusing short message strings. If a specific string is stored at the time of writing a short message, the corresponding terminal stored at the time of writing another short message is retrieved. Provides the function to use.

However, the above method is a function that can be used only within the same service, and there is an inconvenience in that there is no method for storing / using a string between heterogeneous services. For example, if a user sends a text written in a short message (SMS) to another user by email, there is no way to retrieve the text written in the short message service mode. There is an inconvenience to write a new input.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method of reading and reusing data when using another service by storing data such as a string created in a short message transmission service mode in a clipboard. It is also an object of the user to retrieve the data stored in the clipboard to modify / save it.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal having a clipboard function according to the present invention.

2A and 2B illustrate a display window of a mobile communication terminal for storing a specific character string in a clipboard.

3 is a view of the keypad appearance of the mobile communication terminal.

4A, 4B, and 4C are views of a mobile communication terminal display window for reading a string stored in a clipboard.

5A and 5B illustrate a display window of a mobile communication terminal for modifying / deleting a text string stored in a clipboard.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

11: wireless receiver 12: wireless transmitter

13: display section 15: input section

16: clipboard buffer

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile terminal with a clipboard buffer for storing data such as character strings, graphics, sounds, etc., wherein the clipboard buffer temporarily stores a character string to be copied or moved during user operation. As a kind of buffer, data such as file, graphic, sound, etc. are stored for each data.

Accordingly, the present invention is a conventional mobile communication terminal performing wireless transmission and reception with a mobile communication base station, the clipboard buffer for temporarily storing the data displayed during a predetermined service mode operation, and displayed on the display window of the mobile communication terminal And a key for selecting specific data from the data and a key for storing the selected data in the clipboard buffer.

In particular, the clipboard buffer is a buffer commonly available in all service modes provided by the mobile communication terminal, and the character string created and stored in the first service mode is read and used in the second service mode. In this case, the service mode refers to a service menu that the mobile communication terminal can provide, and refers to a phone book, an electronic notebook, a diary, a short message, an email service, and the like. Therefore, the string created by the user in the short message can be loaded and used in the email service mode.

Conventionally, the clipboard function is implemented in a personal computer (PC), a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., but is not implemented in the mobile communication terminal. Hereinafter, a method of implementing the clipboard function in the mobile communication terminal will be described.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal performing a clipboard function according to the present invention.

The wireless receiver 11 performs signal demodulation on the voice or text signal received from the base station and transmits the demodulated signal to the controller 14. That is, after converting the RF signal received through the antenna to a frequency down-converted to an intermediate frequency signal, the intermediate frequency signal is converted into a digital signal through sampling and quantization and transmitted to the controller.

The wireless transmitter 12 performs modulation for transmitting the voice data or the media data signal received from the controller 14 to the base station. That is, the data received from the controller is channel coded and spreaded, converted into an intermediate frequency signal, and then converted into an RF signal (high frequency signal) and transmitted to a base station through a wireless channel.

The display unit 13 is composed of a liquid crystal screen such as a TFT / LCD and displays a variety of information and menus of the terminal. The input unit 15 is a keypad having a plurality of numbers and signs in a matrix structure, and receives a character string from a user when creating a short message or an e-mail.

The clipboard buffer 16 is a temporary storage buffer that temporarily stores a document to be copied or moved while writing a short message (SMS) or an e-mail. The clipboard buffer 16 includes a character string, a file, Data such as graphic and sound are temporarily stored. Data stored in the clipboard are stored according to their type. In the present description, only the clipboards for storing character strings are shown. That is, there is a first clipboard 16a, a second clipboard 16b, a third clipboard 16c, and an Nth clipboard 16n for storing a string, and each clipboard stores a different string. . Since the clipboard number N is related to the clipboard buffer capacity allocated to the memory, the more the buffer capacity of the clipboard is allocated, the larger the number of clipboards becomes.

You can import and use the data stored in each clipboard (16a, 16b, 16c, 16n) in the clipboard buffer during a short message or e-mail, or save some contents of the work you are currently working on to the clipboard. Can be used during service work.

2A and 2B illustrate an example in which a user stores a character string in the clipboard buffer.

In order to select a partial string of the short message being prepared and store it in the clipboard buffer, the character string is stored using a specific key, a direction key, and a storage key shown in FIG. 3. In the illustrative example of the present invention, the '#' key 33 is used as a character string selection specific key and the confirmation key 31 is used as a storage key.

For example, if a user creates an email like the one shown in FIG. 2A and wants to save some of the strings (ie, "I wish you peace and flourish") to the clipboard, first, save the string Place the cursor 21 at 'ear' which is the first character of the character and press the right direction key (32) while pressing the '#' key (33), which is the string selection specific key. Move the cursor to '23. When the cursor is moved to 'da', the display unit displays the selected character string and the contrast display 22 on the background, and the user presses the confirmation key 31 to store the character string in the clipboard buffer. At this time, the string to be stored may be stored in the order of the clipboard in the clipboard buffer or the user may designate the clipboard to be stored. For example, when the first clipboard 16a is stored in another string, the corresponding string may be stored in the second clipboard 16b or the user may designate the second clipboard to store the string.

As described above, after the string is stored in the clipboard, it can be called out and inserted, modified, or the like. Examples of such use are illustrated in FIGS. 4A to 4C.

If the user wants to insert and insert a specific character string stored in the clipboard buffer after inputting the SMS "Nice" SMS short message as shown in FIG. 4A, select the character string import 41.

When the call selection is made, the mobile communication terminal displays the contents of each clipboard currently stored in the clipboard buffer as shown in FIG. 4B. For example, when a string is stored only up to the third clipboard, the mobile communication terminal displays an icon of each clipboard 16a, 16b, 16c to display the front part of the clipboard storage string therein. When the user selects the third clipboard 16c, the mobile communication terminal displays the entire string stored in the third clipboard. When the user presses the OK button after viewing the displayed string, the original short message "Nice" as shown in FIG. 4C is inserted, followed by the string "Wish your peace and prosperity" which is a string stored in the third clipboard. Is displayed.

On the other hand, the character strings stored in each of the clipboards 16a, 16b, and 16c in the clipboard buffer can be checked / modified using the main menu even if the sentence is not being written. To provide. An example of executing such an edit menu is illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B.

When the user selects the clipboard item 51 in the main menu as shown in FIG. 5A, the mobile communication terminal displays all the clipboards 16a, 16b, and 16c storing the character string as shown in FIG. 4B. The display shows a portion of the string stored in each clipboard, so that the user can easily grasp the string in each clipboard. When a specific clipboard, for example, the second clipboard 16b is selected from the displayed clipboards, the mobile communication terminal shows the entire string stored in the clipboard as shown in FIG. 5B, and the user modifies the displayed string. (52) or delete 53 the entire character string.

Meanwhile, in the description of the present invention, an embodiment of using a clipboard for a string is illustrated, but a clipboard function may be applied to data such as a file, a graphic, a sound, as well as the string. Will be self-explanatory. For example, a user can use a clipboard function to store a graphic transmitted through an e-mail in a clipboard, which can later be recalled and used when sending an e-mail to another user.

Therefore, 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 can easily reuse data such as text, graphics, and files that are frequently used by implementing a clipboard function in the mobile communication terminal. In addition, by providing a function of checking and editing the data stored in the clipboard, the user can efficiently use the clipboard function.

Claims (3)

In a conventional mobile communication terminal performing wireless transmission and reception with a mobile communication base station, a specific data is selected from a clipboard buffer for temporarily storing data displayed during a predetermined service mode operation, and data displayed in a display window of the mobile communication terminal. And a key for selecting and a key for storing the selected data in the clipboard buffer. The method of claim 1, wherein the clipboard buffer is a buffer commonly available in all service modes provided by the mobile communication terminal, and the character string created and stored in the first service mode is read and used in the second service mode. Mobile terminal. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the display window of the mobile communication terminal provides a menu for checking / modifying a string stored in the clipboard buffer, and the user checks / modifies the string using the menu. Mobile communication terminal.