KR20040090594A - Communication time display method for mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for displaying the call duration of a mobile communication terminal is provided to subdivide call duration information supplied from a terminal, and to display call duration accumulated according to each time zone and a day of the week on weekly or monthly basis, thereby being used to select a rate system of a user. CONSTITUTION: A system accumulates call durations for each call originated by a user. The system divides the accumulated call durations according to each time zone and a day of the week, and accumulates the divided call durations in the corresponding time zone/day of the week call duration and the frequency of calls. At the request of the user, the system displays the divided call duration data in number or graphic bar type.

Description

How to display call time on mobile device {COMMUNICATION TIME DISPLAY METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a method of displaying a talk time of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the call time information provided by the terminal itself is subdivided, and the accumulated talk time is displayed for each time zone and day of the week or monthly unit, thereby selecting a user's plan. A communication time display method of a mobile communication terminal to be utilized.

In general, a mobile communication terminal is provided with various functions for providing convenience to a user.

Among them, the total number of times the user talked is displayed, and the functions including accumulating the time spent in a specific area are included. For example, a conventional mobile communication terminal has functions to show call information to a user. Moreover, since a recent mobile communication terminal can use not only a voice call but also data communication and the Internet, a mobile communication provider Charges the rate separately according to the type of communication and the time of use.

1 is an exemplary view showing a call information display function of a conventional mobile communication terminal. When a call time confirmation menu is selected by a user, a list of all types of use times supported by the terminal is displayed as shown in (a). If the corresponding menu is selected for checking the voice call time, submenus that can be displayed in relation to the voice call are displayed as shown in (b), and if the corresponding menu is selected for checking the total call time, (c) ), The number of outgoing calls and the time of the call are displayed up to the second.

Here, 'wireless data time' and 'ez-i use time' mean internet use time, and include time used for downloading multimedia data such as pictures or music through the Internet. And, 'final call time' is the last voice call time, 'cumulative call time' is the total call time so far since purchase of the terminal, and 'total number / call time' includes both receiving and calling. It means the time you talked.

Such call information is the basic data that can know the user's call habits, the user can be used to properly adjust the call time with the above information content, in fact, the above call information simply accumulate the time of the call using the terminal Since it records, only the number of calls or the amount of calls are simply displayed, and it does not provide information on more specific talk time that the user wants to know.

Therefore, not only the utilization rate of the call time confirmation menu is very high, but also it is very inconvenient because it can be confirmed only through several steps of menu selection process as shown in FIG.

Currently, mobile phone rates have various plans for each mobile phone service provider, and the rates are differentially charged according to the day of the week and the time zone according to the plan.

The above-mentioned differential plans allow you to call at very low rates during certain discounted times, but at other times, the rates are quite expensive, so users can save money by trying to make calls within the free time available. According to the user's habit of making a call, the user selects a plan that can receive a lot of discounts.

However, since the conventional terminal simply accumulates and records only the talk time using the terminal as described above, it merely displays the number of calls or the call volume and does not provide information on a more specific talk time that the user wants to know. In addition, although the user does not obtain data for selecting an appropriate plan, even though a low-cost plan may be used, users generally have difficulty in selecting a plan, such as using a general fee.

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, by subdividing the call time information provided by the terminal itself, by displaying the accumulated call time for each time zone, day of the week or monthly unit, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of displaying a talk time of a mobile communication terminal which can be utilized for selecting a plan.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the first step of the user accumulates the outgoing telephone call time; Dividing the accumulated call time by call time and day of the week, and accumulating the call time and the number of times of call by time and day; And a third step of displaying call time data broken down by day and time zone according to a user's request in a number or graphic bar format.

1 is an exemplary view showing a call information display function in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a call time display process by day, time zone of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a process of accumulating and displaying talk time in accordance with the present invention.

The present invention is to enable the user to know the call habits of the day of the week by time zone, by accumulating the call time by time zone, day of the week and accumulate, by allowing the user to confirm through the menu selection procedure for checking the call time, There is a feature that can be used to select a plan.

The call time accumulated by the time zone and the day of the week may be accumulated even on the Internet or wireless data time. Of course, the Internet or wireless data communication fee is currently charged according to the packet, but it can be referred to when you want to charge later or analyze the user's Internet usage habits in parallel with the time.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

2 is an exemplary view showing a call time display process for each day and time zone of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and the call time display function for each day and time zone of the present invention is separate from the general call time display function. Since it corresponds to a function for knowing, it may be set as a submenu of the 'talk time display' menu, or may be provided with a separate menu called 'telephone call style (Style)' as shown in FIG.

Referring to Figure 2, (a) is a sub-menu of the main menu called 'phone call Style', '1. Outgoing call by time zone menu and '2. Outgoing call by day 'menu and' 3. Time setting ”menu, and when the user selects the 'outgoing call by time' menu, the accumulated call time is divided into 'non-discount', 'discount' and 'midnight' time zones as shown in (b), If you select the 'Outgoing call' menu, the accumulated call time divided by day is displayed as shown in (c).

And, the setting of the 'non-discount', 'discount', 'night' time is' 3. submenu of the main menu shown in (a). 'Time setting' menu.

However, unless the accumulated call time is accumulated separately to the day of the week and the time data, when the time setting is changed, the previous and subsequent data may be different. It is desirable to reset and perform the previous data.

That is, when the call time is divided into fields and stored in a database, it is effective for later editing and statistical processing, but it is difficult because a lot of memory space must be allocated.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of accumulating and displaying a talk time according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, when a user starts an outgoing telephone call, talk time begins to accumulate; It determines whether it is a time zone (discount, discount, late night), and accumulates at the talk time and the number of calls in the time zone.

In addition, when the call ends, it is determined which day of the week and accumulates in the call time and the number of times of the corresponding day. As described above, the accumulation of talk time by day and time zone is not limited to voice calls, but can also be applied to the Internet and wireless data communication.

Next, after the call time data divided by the day of the week and the time zone are stored as described above, if the output of the corresponding data is requested by the menu call of the terminal, the call time data accumulated by the time zone and the day of the week is displayed as a number or graphic bar. It is displayed in the form so that the user can easily determine, thereby, the user can facilitate the selection of the appropriate plan according to his call habits.

As described above, the method for displaying the talk time of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention subdivides the talk time information provided by the terminal itself, and displays the accumulated talk time for each time zone and day of the week or monthly unit, thereby selecting the user's plan. It is effective to make use of.

Claims (4)

A first step of accumulating the talk time of the call made by the user; Dividing the accumulated call time by call time and day of the week, and accumulating the call time and the number of times of call by time and day; And a third step of displaying call time data divided by the day of the week and the time zone by a user's request in the form of a number or a graphic bar. The method of claim 1, wherein the accumulation of talk time for each day of the week and for each time zone is not limited to a voice call but is also applied to the Internet or wireless data communication. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for call time data of the user is made through a menu provided in the terminal, and the menu includes an 'outgoing call by time zone' menu, an 'outgoing call by day' menu, and a 'time setting' menu. Call time display method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the 'time setting' menu is a menu for setting detailed time of 'non-discount', 'discount' and 'midnight' time zones in order to accumulate talk time for each time zone. How to display talk time.