KR20040082769A - Telephone system having functions for protecting exposure call-records of the telephone and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A telephone system having a function of preventing disclosure of telephone call record of a telephone, and a method thereof are provided to protect privacy of a user against a personal information storing function of a telephone. CONSTITUTION: An abbreviated number list memory(21) and a private number list memory(23) store a telephone number list including a plurality of telephone numbers, and attribute information designating to execute a control operation not storing incoming and outgoing record of each telephone number. A telephone call record memory(25) stores a telephone number of the other party extracted in receiving and originating a call, and transmitted and received messages so that a user reads the telephone number of the other party, and transmitted and received messages as telephone call record. A control unit(2) extracts the telephone number in the case of receiving or originating the call, and searches the telephone number list for judging whether the extracted telephone number is included in the telephone number list. If so, the control unit(2) judges whether attribute information linked with the extracted telephone number exists. If so, the control unit(2) controls not to record the telephone call record in the telephone call record memory(25).

Description

Phone system and method for preventing call record exposure of phone {TELEPHONE SYSTEM HAVING FUNCTIONS FOR PROTECTING EXPOSURE CALL-RECORDS OF THE TELEPHONE AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a privacy protection technology that does not expose information related to a telephone to a third party, and more specifically, does not record a call record with a pre-selected counterpart in the telephone, and further confirms that the counterpart is selected. To prevent a call record from being disclosed to a third party.

In general, a mobile phone or a telephone having a memory function incorporates various functions that can be easily managed without memorizing a telephone number in addition to a communication function for a conventional telephone call. Among these additional functions, there is a phone number registration function that allows a user to make a phone call without having to input or memorize the number by storing and selecting the phone number of the place to be called in advance and simply searching and selecting. In addition, the phone number of the place where you frequently call is stored in association with a simple number, and by entering only the number (001, 002 ...), you can make a call without having to enter 7 to 13 phone numbers. There is also a number registration function. Furthermore, a call log storage function for automatically storing phone numbers of the most recently called parties is becoming common. This feature, when used in conjunction with the caller ID feature that tells you the phone number of the person you are calling from, allows you to see who called you when you were unable to answer the call. to provide.

However, as described above, the recent technical development of storing a list of telephone numbers and recent call records in a telephone increases the convenience of the user, and also makes it easy to expose the call records of the user to a third party. Have For example, a third party can find out the contacts of people with whom the user contacts by checking the telephone number list or the speed dial number list stored in the user's telephone. In addition, a contact number of a recent caller (ie, a person who has recently called the user) or a recent caller (ie, a person who has recently been called by the user), or a phone banking related account number or password may also be known. Furthermore, if an automatically stored message such as a text message or voice message remains undeleted, the contents of the message may be exposed to a third party.

In order to solve this problem, a method using a password is conventionally used. That is, in order to check the list of phone numbers, voice messages, text messages, etc. stored in the phone, it is necessary to know the password to make it accessible. However, such a password is not only troublesome to use by the user, but also has a problem in that a spouse or a family member who is close to the user has a high risk of exposing the password.

On the other hand, a technique for preventing exposure of dialing numbers to third parties is conventionally disclosed. Korean Patent Application No. 10-1999-0030075 of LG Information Communication Co., Ltd. discloses a number that is currently dialed when a user enters a button to activate a confidential mode when dialing. A technique is disclosed in which is not displayed on the screen and stored in the memory. The above publication has the purpose of preventing the user's account number, password, etc. from being exposed to third parties for impure purposes in the case of wire transfer, securities investment transactions, and other electronic commerce by telephone. However, this technique is implemented by a mode button operation of manually entering a dialing number currently being entered. This is a problem that the privacy of the user is not sufficiently protected in the reality that the telephone call records are divided and stored in various ways.

In other words, in today's multifunction telephone, not only the number currently being dialed on the telephone itself is stored, but the caller's telephone number can be stored upon incoming. This calling party number may be stored even if the user does not answer the call. In addition, even if the user does not answer the call, the text message is automatically stored in the mobile phone. Furthermore, the user may store a list of telephone numbers created by including a phone number, an associated shortcut number, etc. together with the other party's name or nickname. In today's phone with various storage functions, it is a very poor protection not to expose only the number currently being entered.

Therefore, there is a demand for a technology capable of coping with the personal information storage function of the telephone, which is being diversified and developed in this manner, and protecting the privacy of the user even in the case of a family member or other close friends.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems with the prior art as described above and to provide a technique for protecting the privacy of a telephone user with new additional advantages.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technology for protecting the privacy of a telephone user, which can adequately protect the privacy of a user in response to various personal information storage functions of a telephone.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a technique for protecting the privacy of a telephone user, which is able to maintain a relatively complete secrecy even with a family or other close third party.

Another object of the present invention is to allow a user to normally talk to a selected party while automating not to leave a record of the call with the other party, thereby preventing unnecessary, confidential or misleading records from being exposed to third parties. To protect the privacy of the telephone user by preventing the exposure of the call record.

Another object of the present invention is a situation in which it is difficult for a user to talk to a selected party and a call record is not left, and even when the other party needs to secretly notify the user of the situation, the incoming call from the selected party is automatically received. It is intended to provide a technique for protecting the privacy of the telephone user through prevention of call log exposure and call avoidance, which transmits a message to explain the situation to the other party while avoiding.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a technology for protecting the privacy of the telephone user by automatically sending out a code indicating a caller ID refusal function that prevents the user's telephone number from being displayed to the counterpart selected by the user. Is to provide.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a list illustrating an example of a registered shortcut number registration list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a list illustrating an example of a private number registration list registered according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating storage of attribute information and the like according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flow diagram illustrating a secret avoidance function (private function) in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

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1: antenna 2: central processing unit

4: keypad 6: display

8: vibration, ring or melody output device 20: memory device

21: Speed Dial List Memory 23: Private Number List Memory

25: call log memory 27: voice message recording memory

In order to achieve these objects, the present invention provides a telephone system and related method having a function of preventing call log exposure of the telephone, a telephone system and related method for allowing a user to selectively automatically send a caller ID, and the method. Provide a record carrier that records software for implementing the software.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a telephone system having a call log exposure preventing function of a telephone is provided. The telephone system includes: a telephone number list including at least one telephone number, and attribute information specifying that at least one of the telephone numbers is to perform a control operation for not storing an incoming / outgoing call record for the telephone number. First memory means for storing; Second memory means for storing, by a user, at least one of a telephone number and a transmission / reception message of the other party extracted during incoming or outgoing calls as a call record; And extracting the telephone number upon incoming or outgoing, searching the telephone number list to determine whether the extracted telephone number is included, and if so, whether there is attribute information associated with the extracted telephone number. And control means for controlling not to record the call record in the second memory means, if present. In the telephone system according to the configuration of the present invention, since a call-related call record, for example, a call-related data such as a phone number or a text message of the other party, is not recorded in the memory of the phone at a user-specified phone number, This has the advantage that the risk of exposing the call log is eliminated.

Here, according to an embodiment of the present invention further comprises a display means for outputting at least a portion of the telephone number list to the user, wherein if at least a portion of the telephone number list is displayed whether the attribute information is present for the displayed telephone number It is preferable that is not displayed. This is because third parties who randomly identify the user's phone may have greater interest or doubt about the phone number with which the attribute is associated. Thus, in order to completely block exposure to third parties, it is desirable for the user not to confirm that such attributes are granted. In this case, only the central processing unit inside the telephone which controls the operation of the telephone can access this attribute information.

According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the attribute information may be stored by being designated by a user when any telephone number is registered, for example, when registered in a telephone number list such as a speed dial number list. In this case, a phone number in which attribute information exists and a phone number in which attribute information does not exist are mixed and listed, and it is preferable that the presence of such attribute information is not displayed to the user. Alternatively or additionally, attribute information may be stored by being automatically assigned upon registering any telephone number. In this case, in addition to the general telephone call list, a secret telephone number list may be separately configured so that the phone number registered in the secret telephone list is automatically associated with the attribute information.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the telephone system further comprises: a third memory for recording and storing a desired message by the user; The attribute information further includes an additional attribute specifying to perform a control operation that avoids an incoming call to the telephone number; According to this additional attribute, the control means does not indicate that the user is in an incoming state and may further control to transmit the voice message recorded in the third memory to the corresponding telephone number. In this case, the user's telephone does not display the incoming state to the user through means such as a ringing tone, vibration, or melody during an incoming call from the other party designated by the user. On the other hand, the user's or commercial voice messages previously stored in the phone can be sent to the other party to explain why the current user does not receive.

The controlling according to the additional attribute is preferably performed only during the additional attribute activation mode in which the user has the additional attribute executed using a predetermined button on the keypad of the telephone. Furthermore, whether or not the phone is currently in the additional attribute active mode does not need to expose to the third party that the user is currently in a state where the user wants to avoid receiving the call. It is preferable that it is not displayed on etc. If the user wants to check whether the user has activated the additional property, the user may display that the additional property is in the active mode only when the user operates a button for checking the predetermined additional property active mode. .

In the telephone system according to another embodiment of the present invention, even if an attribute such as not storing the call record in advance is not associated with the currently called caller's telephone number, the call system may not store the call record manually. Provides the ability to In the present embodiment, if it is determined that there is no attribute information associated with the extracted telephone number, the control means outputs a message for the user to select whether to store the current incoming / outgoing call record for the telephone number, and responds to it. Operate according to the user's choice.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone system having a selective automatic dispensing function of the caller ID refusal of the telephone. The telephone system includes: one or more telephone numbers, each for at least one of the telephone numbers, together with a predetermined code indicating a caller ID rejection function that prevents the user's own telephone number from being displayed on the other party's telephone when making a call. Memory means for storing a telephone number list including attribute information specifying to perform a control operation to be sent; Extracting the other party's telephone number, searching the telephone number list to determine whether the extracted telephone number is included, and if so, determining whether the attribute information associated with the extracted telephone number exists; And when present, control means for controlling the predetermined code indicating the caller indication rejection function to be sent together.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a method for preventing exposure of a call log of a phone is provided. The method includes a telephone number list memory for storing a list including one or more telephone numbers, and a call which the user can read and store as at least one of a telephone number and a transmission / reception message of the other party extracted at the time of incoming and outgoing calls as a call record. A method for operating a telephone of a telephone system including a recording memory, comprising: attribute information for associating and storing attribute information specifying a control operation for not recording an incoming / outgoing call record in a telephone for at least one of telephone numbers included in a telephone number list, respectively; A registration step; Extracting the other party's telephone number and searching the telephone number list when the incoming or outgoing call is made, and determining whether there is associated attribute information; If the attribute information is present, it may include controlling the phone number of the other party and the transmission / reception message with the other party not to be recorded in the call recording memory.

Here, the method may further include a step of the user browsing at least a part of the telephone number list, wherein whether attribute information exists for the displayed telephone number is not displayed. Alternatively or additionally, the user further includes editing the telephone number list, wherein the attribute information is associated with the telephone number according to the user's choice when newly registering or modifying any telephone number. Alternatively or additionally, the user further includes editing the telephone number list, wherein the attribute information is automatically associated with the telephone number upon newly registering any telephone number.

According to the present invention, the attribute information further includes an additional attribute which further specifies to perform a control operation that avoids an incoming call to the associated telephone number; Before the attribution information present determination step, further comprising a voice message recording step of recording and storing a desired message by the user; The control step may further include an additional control step including an incoming call avoidance step of transmitting a voice message recorded in advance without displaying the incoming call status to the user. In this case, the attribute information presence determining step is preferably executed only while the user switches to the additional attribute active mode state in which the additional attribute is executed by operating a predetermined button on the keypad of the telephone. In this embodiment, the user Operating another predetermined button on the keypad to ascertain whether is in the additional attribute active mode.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the extracted telephone number does not exist in the telephone number list or if the attribute information does not exist when it exists, the user can select whether to store the current incoming / outgoing call record for the telephone number. Making a step; Accordingly, the phone number may be stored or not stored.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for selective automatic transmission of the intention to reject caller ID of the telephone. The method comprises a telephone system comprising a telephone number list memory for storing a list comprising one or more telephone numbers, the telephone system operating method comprising: for each of at least one of the telephone numbers included in the telephone number list, a user at the time of origination; An attribution information registration step of associating and storing attribution information specifying a control operation for transmitting a predetermined code indicating a calling party number display refusal function to prevent a user's telephone number from being displayed on the other party's telephone; Extracting a phone number of the other party and calling the phone number list to determine whether there is attribute information associated with the phone number; If the attribute information is present, the method may include controlling to transmit a predetermined code indicating the caller ID display rejection function. According to a modified embodiment of the present invention, the transmission of the predetermined code may be made in response to a predetermined button input.

Furthermore, according to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a software program comprising program instructions configured such that each step of the various methods according to the present invention described above can be performed by a processing means including a microprocessor. In particular, a computer-readable recording medium for recording such a program is provided.

Hereinafter, the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal structure of, for example, a cellular phone for wireless communication, in which the present invention having the configuration described above is implemented. In FIG. 1, only parts related to the configuration of the present invention are shown in block for convenience of description, and electronic circuit elements for a general telephone call, which are obvious to those skilled in the art, are omitted. The mobile phone 10 provided according to the present invention has an antenna 1 for receiving a signal and a transmitting / receiving unit 9 for processing a received signal and a vibration means, a ringer, or a melody output, which is a means for displaying it to the user when the call is received. Means 8 are included. These are under the control of the central processing unit 2, which is a keypad 4 comprising a plurality of buttons which are user inputs, typically 4-6 menu function keys and 12 numeric key buttons. And a display device 6 which is one or two liquid crystal displays. The cellular phone 10 includes a memory 20 for storing data.

According to the present invention, the memory 20 includes a speed dial list memory 21 and a private number list memory 23 which are telephone number list memories registered by a user. The memory 20 includes a call log memory 25 which automatically stores the name or nickname of the other party stored in the phone number or the phone number list of the most recently received or sent party. The call recording memory 25 may automatically store other types of messages such as text messages, voice messages, business cards, avatars, etc. transmitted from or to the other party. In addition, the memory 20 may include a voice message recording memory 27 for storing a voice message describing the user's situation to the counterpart when the user fails to talk.

A telephone system having a call log exposure preventing function of a telephone according to an aspect of the present invention may include, for example, first memory means, which may include, for example, a speed dial list memory 21 and a private number list memory 23 in FIG. 1. A second memory means which is a call recording memory 25 in FIG. 1, and a control means which is a central processing unit 2 in FIG. The intention of the present invention is to avoid exposing a call log to a third party to a counterpart specifically selected by a user among data stored in the memory 20. Specifically, first, each phone number stored in the phone number list memories 21 and 23 is associated with attribute information indicating that the user does not store the call log. When a phone number to which such attribute information is associated is received or sent, the call log is not stored in the call log memory 25, but only a direct voice call is made.

According to another embodiment of the invention it may comprise a third memory means, for example the voice message recording memory 27 in FIG. The voice message may be a voice message recorded by a user or a commercially provided voice message. Alternatively, the message may be entered and stored by the user in text form. In this case, a means for converting the stored text message into a voice will be included.

For the phone numbers stored in the phone number list, an additional attribute may be further specified to avoid reception when the call is received in addition to the attribute that does not leave the call log. When controlled according to this additional attribute, the reception / call avoidance attribute, when an incoming call is received from the phone number associated with the attribute, an indication (ring tone, melody, or vibration) indicating that the user has been received is not output. Instead, the other party may be controlled to send a voice message such as, "I'm in trouble right now, please try again later."

According to the invention, this additional attribute is preferably executed only while the control mode of the telephone is switched to the additional attribute activation mode by the user. In this case, in the normal control mode, the user can make a call without leaving the call record of the counterpart designated in advance. By the way, in case of emergency, especially if you are attending a third party who does not want to display the call with the designated party, you can switch to the above-described additional attribute activation mode (also referred to herein as 'private mode'). You can operate a predetermined button. Accordingly, even if there is a call attempt from a designated party, the user's telephone does not leave any indication that the call has been received / received, so that there is no fear of exposing the call to a third party. Activate the private mode switch button again. According to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the addition of an additional attribute for avoiding the reception to the attribute information that does not leave the call log may be automatically executed without a user registering. For example, by the user operating a button for switching to the private mode, the above-mentioned avoidance attribute can be automatically added.

The operational flow of this private mode is illustrated in FIG. 5. The user registers the telephone number by giving an attribute or the like which does not leave a call log to a specific counterpart in advance. The user operates a predetermined mode switching button for enabling the private mode to be activated according to the user's situation. Or operate the button to release. As shown in Fig. 5, when a call is received from any party (step 401), it is checked whether the private mode is activated (step 403). If not activated (OFF), the normal telephone call process proceeds. That is, it indicates that the user has been received by means of a ring tone, vibration, or melody {step 405}, allows the user and the other party to talk to each other (step 407), and typically controls the call to end {step 405]. (409)}.

If the private mode is activated (ON), the central processing unit 2 searches the telephone number list to find out whether the corresponding attribute is specified (step 411). If the corresponding attribute is not the designated party in the telephone number list, the normal call process proceeds again (steps 405, 407, 409). If there is a counterpart with the specified attribute in the phone number list, the call is terminated to the user without the incoming call display step 405 and the call step 407 (step 409). Preferably, nothing happens outside the phone. Inside the phone, the other party will send a voice message stored in advance by the user (step 413). In addition, a call log indicating that the designated party has called will not remain.

This embodiment can be used after registering a telephone number of an advertisement spammer who the user does not want to care about. Or, if you promise a secret conversation with the other party in advance, it can also be used to convey the current inevitable situation. Therefore, it is also preferable to group the other party and then send out a voice message having a different content.

If the status of the additional attribute active mode or not is displayed on the display device as, for example, an icon, it may cause a third party's suspicion. Therefore, it is preferable that no indication indicating the state of whether or not this additional attribute active mode is displayed. In this case, the state may be indicated by an additional operation such as a user inputting a separate state check button.

2 illustrates phone number list data stored in the speed dial list memory 21. This speed dial list contains a speed dial 31 (200 speed dial numbers in the example shown) and a name 33, phone number 35, division 37, and private attributes for each speed dial, respectively. (39) may be associated. If the private attribute 39 exists (O), it will be controlled so as not to leave the corresponding call record in the call record memory 25 when an incoming / outgoing call is made to the corresponding phone number. If the private attribute 39 does not exist (i), then the call log will be left as in the case of a normal call. This private attribute 39 can be specified when the user registers a new phone number in the phone number list or when editing or editing an existing phone number.

Alternatively or additionally, a separate list may be constructed in the telephone number list, in which the private attribute is automatically granted. In FIG. 3, data of a private number list memory 23 capable of registering a telephone number 43 in each of about 200 addresses 41 is illustrated. Such a private number list may exist as a subgroup of the speed dial list or other types of telephone number lists or may exist separately.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the existence of the private attribute 39 or the data of the private number list memory 23 is stored so that the user cannot view it. Such data is preferably only accessible by the central processing unit 2 of the telephone 10. This has the effect of keeping confidential even the intention to keep it secret.

Referring to FIG. 4, a process of storing telephone number list data as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 in association with an attribute that does not leave a call log, in particular, is illustrated in accordance with the present invention. The storing of the phone number list data is performed when the user initiates the speed dial registration (step 301), or after the call is terminated (step 101), when the incoming / outgoing telephone number is extracted {step 103]. }.

After step 103, the user can select whether to terminate as is, register the extracted number as a shortcut number, or register as a private number (step 105). When the user selects the end, the process proceeds to step 109 in which the incoming / outgoing call record is stored as usual, and then all processes may be completed (step 110).

Meanwhile, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a step 107 is provided in which a user can select whether or not to manually leave a corresponding call record for an incoming / outgoing call number extracted after the end of the call. According to the present embodiment, in step 105 of FIG. 4, if the user selects to terminate without storing the telephone number of the currently called party in the telephone number list, the process proceeds to step 107. In step 107 the user can decide whether or not to leave a record of the current call in the call log memory. According to the user's decision, the whole process is completed without the step 109 of storing the call log or after the step 109 (step 110).

The step 107 may be initiated by the user operating a separate function button or selecting from a menu. In this case, if the user does not make a special selection, the normal process is performed without the step 107. When the user initiates the step 107, the central processing unit of the telephone compares the currently extracted telephone number with the telephone numbers in the telephone number list. If it is found that the attribute information not to leave the call log is associated with the currently extracted phone number, the user may be provided with a selection means for leaving the current call log. On the other hand, if the currently extracted phone number is not found in the phone number list or if the attribute information is not found to be related, the user may be provided with a selection means for not leaving a current call log. Alternatively or additionally, step 107 may be initiated automatically. In this case, when the user selects End in step 105, step 107 may be automatically initiated to provide a means for the user to select whether or not to leave the current call log.

If the user selects to register a private number in step 105, the extracted telephone number is added to the private number list as described above with reference to FIG. 3 (step 200). For this added phone number, the call record will not be left in principle during future calls. On the other hand, if the user selects the speed dial registration in step 105, the step of registering the telephone number in the speed dial list as described above with reference to FIG. In step 303, the user may input the necessary data, namely data such as name, address, phone number, division. Thereafter, attribute information not leaving a call log may be inputted or not entered (step 305). Then, upon saving, the input data is recorded in the speed dial list memory (step 307), and the speed dial list editing process is completed (step 309).

The call recording exposure prevention function according to the present invention as described above can be applied not only to a case where a call for voice call is received from the other party, but also to a case where a text message is received and a voice message is recorded. According to the present invention, any one of the traces received from the counterpart designated by the user in advance, such as the phone number of the counterpart, a text or voice message that the counterpart wants to leave, or other forms of information such as a business card or an image, the user's phone It is characterized in that it is not recorded at all.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a telephone system, a method, and the like having a selective automatic dispensing function of a calling party number rejection indication of a telephone is provided. For example, in order to release a function of extracting a phone number of a user from being displayed or recorded on the other party's phone (caller ID display function), that is, to prevent it from being displayed or recorded on the other party's phone, for example, The special button combination code had to be entered manually together. The telecommunication company that provides the caller ID refusal service blocks the user's telephone number from appearing to the other party when the predetermined code is detected. According to the present invention, a predetermined code indicating such caller ID display rejection function can be stored as associated with some kind of attribute information when storing any telephone number in the telephone number list according to the user's selection. The code is sent out automatically by the central processing unit of the telephone according to the attribute information.

In other words, in the telephone number list stored in the internal memory of the telephone including at least one telephone number, for each of at least one of the telephone numbers, the user's telephone number is not displayed on the other party's telephone when the call is made. Attribute information that specifies to perform a control operation to send out a predetermined code indicating the calling party number rejection function may be associated. The control means such as the central processing unit of the telephone extracts the telephone number of the other party when the user attempts an outgoing call, searches the telephone number list, and determines whether the extracted telephone number is included. If it is included, it is determined whether there is attribute information associated with the extracted telephone number. If the attribute information is present, the predetermined code indicating the caller rejection function is transmitted together.

The predetermined code may be, for example, a code designated by a telecommunication company that provides a caller ID blocking service as described above. In this case, the code will be detected by the telecommunication company and the caller ID display blocking service will be performed.

Alternatively, a configuration in which the transmission of the predetermined code is performed manually is also possible. After pressing a function key button, for example, '#' of a predetermined telephone, and entering a telephone number of the other party and attempting a call, a code indicating the caller ID display blocking service may be automatically sent together. These function key buttons may be entered before the telephone number or after the telephone number. According to the present embodiment, it is convenient that the user can simply transmit a predetermined code so that the user's own phone number is not left in the other party's phone, even for the other party that the user does not designate in the phone number list memory in advance.

Each of the steps of the methods according to the invention described above can be implemented by logical software stored in the central processing unit and memory means of the user's telephone and the logical software program instructions for controlling the output of the call record by comparing this data. Can be. Thus, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that these steps may be readily implemented by program instructions implemented to be performed by the microprocessor. The present invention thus provides a software program for implementing various methods having the features of the invention described above. In particular, the present invention also provides a computer readable recording medium having recorded such a program.

The various embodiments described above assume the case of a mobile phone having a central processing unit and a memory, but the present invention is not limited to such a mobile phone. It is essential to the method of the present invention that it is a telephone apparatus having a voice call function, and that the telephone apparatus has a function of storing a telephone number in advance while leaving a call log. A device including these functions can be applied to the present invention even by a general telephone device having a video call device or a memory means, but which is not portable.

Various modifications, changes and combinations are readily possible to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims and / or as indicated by the various claims. Therefore, it should be pointed out that the protection scope of the present invention should not be limited to the specific embodiments as described above, but should be limited only by the technical scope and equivalent technical scope of the claims recited in the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention has a remarkable effect that the privacy of the user can be sufficiently protected in response to the personal information storage function of the telephone which is variously developed and developed. The present invention has a remarkable effect of being able to keep a secret completely even to a family member or other close third party. The present invention has a remarkable effect by allowing a user to normally talk to a selected party while automating not to leave a record of the call with the other party, thereby preventing unnecessary, confidential or misleading records from being exposed to third parties. Has The present invention is a situation in which it is difficult for the user to talk to the selected party and the call record is not left. Even when the other party needs to secretly notify the user of the situation, the user automatically avoids the incoming call from the selected party. It has a significant effect such as sending a message to explain the situation. In addition, the present invention provides a remarkable effect such as protecting the privacy of the telephone user by automatically sending out a code indicating a caller ID refusal function to prevent the user's own phone number from being displayed to the other party. Have

Claims (20)

A first telephone number list including one or more telephone numbers, and storing a telephone number list including attribute information for specifying at least one of the telephone numbers to perform a control operation that does not respectively store an incoming / outgoing call record for the telephone number; Memory means; Second memory means for storing, by a user, at least one of a telephone number and a transmission / reception message of the other party extracted during incoming or outgoing calls as a call record; And When the incoming or outgoing call, extract the phone number of the other party, search the phone number list, determine whether the extracted phone number is included, and if it contains the attribute information associated with the extracted phone number Control means for controlling whether or not the call record is recorded in the second memory means if present. And a call record exposure preventing function of the phone. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising display means for outputting at least a portion of the telephone number list to a user, wherein whether the attribute information exists for the displayed telephone number when at least a portion of the telephone number list is displayed. The telephone system with the call log exposure prevention function of the telephone which is not displayed. The telephone system according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information is stored by being designated by a user when any telephone number is registered. The telephone system according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information is stored by being automatically designated when an arbitrary telephone number is registered. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: third memory means for recording and storing a desired message by a user; The attribute information further includes an additional attribute specifying to perform a control operation that avoids an incoming call to the telephone number; The control means does not indicate that the user is in a call state according to the attribute information, and further controls to transmit the voice message recorded in the third memory means to the corresponding telephone number. . The method according to claim 5, wherein the controlling means determines whether the attribute information exists and controls according to the additional attribute among the existing attribute information, wherein the user operates the predetermined button on the keypad of the telephone. A telephone system with a call log exposure prevention function of a telephone, which is executed only during an additional attribute execution mode that causes an attribute to be executed. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein whether the telephone is currently in the additional attribute active mode is displayed to the user only when a button for confirming a predetermined additional attribute active mode is operated. Telephone system. The method of claim 1, wherein the control means, if it is determined that there is no attribute information associated with the extracted telephone number, outputs a message for the user to select whether to store the current incoming / outgoing call record for the telephone number, A telephone system having a call log exposure prevention function of a telephone, which operates according to a user's selection in response thereto. A predetermined code including one or more telephone numbers, for each of at least one of the telephone numbers, indicating a calling party number display refusal function which prevents the user's own telephone number from being displayed on the other party's telephone when calling; Memory means for storing a telephone number list including attribute information for specifying to perform a control operation; When calling, extract the phone number of the other party, search the phone number list to determine whether the extracted phone number is included, and if so, whether the attribute information associated with the extracted phone number exists. And control means for controlling a predetermined code indicating the caller indication rejection function, if present, to be sent together. A telephone system having a selective automatic dispensing function of a caller ID rejection indication of a telephone, comprising: a. And a telephone number list memory for storing a list including one or more telephone numbers, and a call log memory for storing the at least one of a telephone number and a transmission / reception message of the other party extracted during incoming and outgoing calls as a call log. In the telephone system operation of the telephone system to: An attribution information registration step of associating and storing attribution information specifying a control operation for not respectively recording an incoming / outgoing call record in the telephone for at least one of the telephone numbers included in the telephone number list; Extracting the other party's telephone number when the incoming or outgoing call is made, and searching the telephone number list to determine whether there is associated attribute information; If the attribute information is present, controlling the call record not to be recorded in the call record memory. Characterized in that the call record exposure prevention method of the phone. The method of claim 10, further comprising a user viewing at least a portion of the telephone number list, wherein whether the attribute information exists for the displayed telephone number is not displayed. . 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of the user editing the telephone number list, wherein the attribute information is associated with the telephone number according to the user's choice when newly registering or modifying any telephone number. How to avoid exposing call logs on your phone. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of a user editing the telephone number list, wherein the attribute information is automatically associated with the telephone number upon registering a new telephone number. Prevention method. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the attribute information further includes an additional attribute specifying further to perform a control operation to avoid an incoming call to an associated telephone number; Before the attribution information present determination step, further comprising a voice message recording step of recording and storing a desired message by the user; The control step further comprises an additional control step comprising a call avoidance step of transmitting a voice message recorded in advance without displaying the incoming state to the user. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional control step is executed only while the user enters the additional attribute active mode state by operating a predetermined button on the keypad of the telephone. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising operating another predetermined button on the keypad to confirm whether the user is in the additional attribute active mode. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein if it is determined that the extracted telephone number does not exist in the telephone number list, or if the attribute information does not exist when it exists, whether the current incoming / outgoing call record for the telephone number is stored. Displaying the user selectably; Accordingly, the method of preventing the call log exposure of the phone, the phone number is stored or not stored. A method of operation of a telephone system comprising a telephone number list memory storing a list containing one or more telephone numbers: A control operation for transmitting at least one of the telephone numbers included in the telephone number list together with a predetermined code indicating a caller ID display refusal function for preventing the user's telephone number from being displayed on the other party's phone when the telephone number is dialed. An attribute information registration step of associating and storing specified attribute information; Extracting a phone number of the other party and calling the phone number list to determine whether there is attribute information associated with the phone number; If the attribute information is present, controlling to transmit a predetermined code indicating the caller ID display rejection function together. Selective automatic dispensing method of the doctor's caller ID display rejection of a telephone. A method of operating a telephone in a telephone system capable of sending out a predetermined code for initiating a service that blocks calling party number display: Detecting, from among the input data, a predetermined button which specifies to transmit the predetermined code together with the telephone number; If it is detected that the predetermined button has been activated, sending the predetermined code together with the telephone number entered Selective automatic dispensing method of the doctor's caller ID display rejection of a telephone. A computer readable recording software program comprising program instructions configured to be performed by processing means comprising a microprocessor, according to any one of claims 10 to 19. Record carrier.