KR20040093234A - A selecting method and a device of additional service menu dynamic rearrange for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for dynamically configuring a menu of a mobile terminal and its selecting method are provided to allow a user to easily select and use a favored supplementary service by counting the number of times of selection of a frequently selected menu and sequentially re-configuring the menu. CONSTITUTION: It is determined whether a supplementary service selection menu is inputted(S100). When a supplementary menu is selected and inputted, a menu recorded in a re-configured menu storing unit is read through sequential sorting and displayed(S110). It is determined whether a direction key button or a number key button is inputted(S120). If the direction key is inputted, a menu designated by the inputted direction key is designated(S130). It is determined whether the designated menu is to be selected(S140). If the designated menu is selected, the corresponding menu is inputted to a controller and selected(S150). The number of times of selection of each menu is counted(S170). The controller sequentially sorts the counted number of times of selected menus and basically sorts non-selected menus(S180). It is determined whether the selected menu is to be executed(S190). If the selected menu is to be executed, the corresponding menu is executed(S200).

Description

Dynamic menu composition and selection method of mobile terminal {A SELECTING METHOD AND A DEVICE OF ADDITIONAL SERVICE MENU DYNAMIC REARRANGE FOR MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to dynamic resetting of a supplementary service menu of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to dynamically select and use a preferred supplementary service by counting the number of selections of frequently used menus and sequentially reconfiguring them. It relates to a menu configuration device and a method of selection.

A mobile terminal (UE: USER EQUIPMENT) is a mobile communication system that is connected to the other party anytime and anywhere while moving within the service area of a registered and registered mobile communication system, and is convenient to carry, and various functions other than a communication function are added.

Various additional service functions added to the mobile terminal may include, for example, Internet access, game download and execution, video download and viewing, video communication, music file download and execution, text communication, phonebook record management, memo function, and the like. It is very diverse, and more and more kinds of supplementary services are developed and provided in the future.

In order to select and execute one of the various types of additional services as described above with the limited number of key buttons of the mobile terminal (UE), each of the selectable services is classified by a specific group, and each of the categories classified as described above. The group is displayed as a menu, and when each menu is selected, a sub menu is displayed and selected.

Therefore, in order to select a particular menu that is frequently used, it is a method of searching and selecting in order according to the order of the menu configuration step, and selecting and executing the desired menu. There was a need for a method of selecting and executing a menu easily and simply.

Hereinafter, a menu selection method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a menu selection method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, a functional configuration of a general mobile communication system includes: a mobile terminal (UE) 10 that communicates by wirelessly connecting with the other party anytime and anywhere while moving; A base station 20 for wirelessly connecting with the mobile terminal 10 and wirelessly transmitting and receiving a communication signal; A mobile switching center (30) connected to the base station (20) and analyzing and switching a call request signal to establish a communication path; A gateway 40 for connecting to the mobile switching center 30 and for connecting to an external communication network or a server; A video operator 50 connected to the gateway 40 and providing a video at the request of the mobile terminal 10; An Internet (60) for connecting to the gateway (40) and for connecting to the Internet (INTERNET) at the request of the mobile terminal (10); The game server 70 is connected to the gateway 40 and provides various games (GAMEs) at the request of the mobile terminal 10.

Hereinafter, referring to the general mobile communication system having the above-described configuration, when the mobile terminal 10 wants to make a call connection with the other party, the mobile terminal 10 wirelessly transmits the corresponding dialing signal and the dialing signal transmitted as described above is transmitted to the base station ( 20) to the mobile switching center 30.

The mobile switching station 30 analyzes and switches the call request signal of the mobile terminal 10 to set a corresponding communication path. For example, the mobile switching path is a mobile terminal in a service area operated by the mobile switching station 30. In case of (10), the corresponding communication path is set, and in case of another communication network or service provider or server (SERVER), the video service provider 50 or the Internet 60 or the game server 70 or the like is provided through the gateway 40. Access and receive the service.

Hereinafter, a menu selection method of a portable terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

A first step (S10) of determining whether to select to use an additional service with the mobile terminal (10); A second step (S20) of displaying a menu of a plurality of groups when the additional service is selected in the step (S10); A third step S30 of determining whether a menu of a specific group is selected from the menu displayed in the step S20; A fourth step (S40) of displaying a corresponding lower menu when the group menu is selected in the step (S30); A fifth step S50 of determining whether one menu is selected from the lower menus displayed in the step S40; A sixth step (S60) of displaying a corresponding menu if one lower menu is selected in the step (S50); A seventh step S70 of determining whether one of the belonging menus displayed in the step S60 is selected; If it is determined in the step (S70) that the belonging menu is selected, it consists of an eighth step (S80) of executing and ending the selected menu.

Hereinafter, the menu selection method according to the prior art having the above configuration will be described in detail.

The mobile terminal 10 is a basic function is to call and communicate with the other party through dialing, the ability to take the necessary memo (MEMO), the phone book (PHONE BOOK) function to record the names and contacts of a plurality of parties, video Various additional service functions are provided, such as a function of accessing a service provider, downloading a video, a function of accessing an Internet, etc., a function of accessing a game server, and the like.

When the mobile terminal 10 selects and uses an additional service (S10), that is, when a corresponding menu selection key button is input, a plurality of group menus are displayed on the display unit (S20), and the plurality of groups displayed as described above. When one group menu is selected from the menus (S30), a plurality of submenus constituting the group menu are displayed on the display unit (S40).

When a specific submenu is selected among the plurality of submenus displayed on the display unit as described above (S50), the corresponding menu of the selected submenu is displayed on the display unit (S60), and when the menu displayed as described above is selected (S70). Executes the menu (S80) and ends.

That is, in general, the mobile terminal 10 is provided with a number of additional service functions. In particular, the mobile terminal 10 may be used only in part without using all of the above multiple additional service functions, and may be operated in the mobile terminal 10. Since the number of key buttons is limited, it is necessary to select repeatedly using a menu to select a plurality of additional services.

Therefore, when a specific additional service is to be selected from among a plurality of additional services by using a limited key button of the mobile terminal 10, a multi-level menu must be selected.

In addition, when the menu to be selected is configured in the last order, there is a problem of selecting through a very complicated process and order.

Some improvements to the above problems, there is a method using a shortcut key, but the shortcut key as described above, the user has to set the shortcut keys in the corresponding order, it is inconvenient to understand the operation manual and the shortcut set process is difficult The problem is that there are not a lot of shortcut keys that can be set.

In addition, some key buttons are fixedly designated and used specially, for example, there are ways of using specially designated buttons such as an Internet connection, but the number of key buttons that can be fixedly specified is limited, and the key buttons can be used universally. There is a problem such as not being able to.

The present invention counts the number of times of menu selection for each additional service that is selected and used, and the menus are sequentially sorted and not selected based on the number of counts of the menu, and the menus are reconfigured and stored according to basic sorting, and displayed to the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a dynamic menu configuration device and a method of selecting a portable terminal for easily selecting a menu to be used.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a key button unit for selecting and inputting a menu of a communication function and an additional service function of a mobile terminal, and selecting a number of times of the additional service menu selected by the key button unit. A counting unit for counting, a control unit for controlling, monitoring and operating each function unit of the portable terminal, a menu storage unit for outputting a supplementary service menu stored in a basic order under the control of the control unit, and by the control of the control unit And a display unit configured to store and output a plurality of menus sequentially arranged from the plurality of selected menus, and a display unit to display additional service menus sequentially stored in the reconstruction menu storage unit under control of the controller.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the process, if the additional service menu is selected by the mobile terminal, displaying the additional service menu reconstructed in sequence on the display unit; Determining whether a direction key button or a numeric key button is input to select a menu displayed in the above process; If it is determined that a direction key is input in the determination process, a direction key process of moving to a corresponding menu designated by the direction key and inputting the selected menu to a controller; If it is determined that the numeric key is input from the key button unit in the determination process, the control unit displays a menu specified by the numeric key on the display unit, and enters and selects; It is characterized in that it consists of a reorganization process of reconfiguring and storing the menu and executing the selected menu by counting the number of times of selection of the menu is selected in the process and displayed on the display and input to the control unit.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a menu selection method of a portable terminal according to the prior art;

3 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal dynamic menu configuration device according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of a mobile terminal dynamic menu selection method according to the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: key button unit 110: counter 120: control unit

130: menu storage unit 140: reconfiguration menu storage unit

150: display unit 160: operating storage unit 170: high frequency unit

180: baseband portion

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A dynamic menu configuration apparatus and a selection method of a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a functional configuration diagram of a mobile terminal dynamic menu configuration device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for selecting a mobile terminal dynamic menu according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the apparatus for configuring a dynamic DYNAMIC menu of a mobile terminal UE according to the present invention includes a key button for selecting and inputting a menu of a communication function, an additional service function, and a special function of the mobile terminal UE. Unit 100; A counting unit (110) for counting the number of times of selection of the additional service menu selected by the key button unit (100); Controlling, monitoring, and operating each functional unit of the portable terminal, and displays the menu sequentially stored in the reconstruction menu storage unit 140 by the selection of the key button unit 100 on the display unit 150, and the counting unit Control unit 110 to count the number of times the menu selection selected by the key button unit 100, the control unit for sequential sorting of the menu stored in the menu storage unit 130 by the count number to store in the reconstruction menu storage unit 140 120; A menu storage unit 130 for outputting additional service menus arranged and stored in a basic order under the control of the controller 120; A reconfiguration menu storage unit 140 for storing and outputting a menu sequentially arranged from a plurality of menus selected by the control of the controller 120; A display unit 150 for displaying additional service menus sequentially stored in the reconstruction menu storage unit under the control of the control unit 120; An operation storage unit 160 for storing various operation data and programs of the portable terminal and outputting the operation data under the control of the control unit 120; A high frequency unit 170 for transmitting / receiving up / down converting the wireless communication signal of the portable terminal; The baseband unit 180 processes and inputs and outputs a baseband signal of the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, the dynamic menu configuration apparatus of the mobile terminal according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail.

The mobile terminal is a game of the mobile communication system and additional services provided by the mobile terminal itself, such as a memo function for recording simple contents in addition to the function of communicating while moving, and a phone book function for recording the name and contact information of the other party. There are additional services provided by accessing a server, a short message server, etc., and additional services provided by accessing a video or internet game service provider.

In order to use the various additional services as described above, the controller 120 of the portable terminal should read the corresponding basic operation data and the program from the operation storage unit 160 and make corresponding settings. In the prepared state, when the menu to use the additional service is selected from the key button unit 100, the control unit 120 is always monitoring the key button unit 100, the menu for using the additional service Is immediately recognized as being selected and input, and initially, the menu by the basic alignment stored in the menu storage unit 130 is read and displayed on the display unit 150.

The menu displayed on the display unit 150 is selected using the direction key buttons to sequentially select, or when the menu number is memorized, the number of the menu is directly input and selected using the numeric key buttons, and the direction key button and The numeric key button is configured in the key button unit 100.

Recognizing that the menu is selected as described above, the control unit 120 controls the counting unit 110 to count the number of times the menu is selected, and sequentially sorts from the menu having a large number of the selected and counted times to store the reconstructed menu. In the case of executing the menu by determining whether to execute the selected menu, the controller 140 executes an additional service by the menu.

When the additional service menu is selected as described above, the reconstruction menu selection unit 140 is used to record and store the menus sequentially ordered from the highest counted number, and the remaining menus are recorded and stored by the basic sorting.

When the additional service is used in the following order, the control unit 120 reads the menu list recorded in the reconfiguration menu storage unit 140 and displays it on the display unit 150.

If the menu selection process is repeated as described above and the sequence is repeated by the coefficient value of the selected number, the menu recorded and stored in the reconstruction menu storage unit 140 is preferred by the user. It is displayed first.

Therefore, the dynamic menu configuration apparatus according to the present invention having the above-described configuration dynamically configures the user's preferred value-added service menu, and thus can easily select and use the preferred value-added menu.

Hereinafter, a dynamic menu selection method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

When the supplementary service menu is selected by the portable terminal, displaying the supplementary service menu reconstructed in a sequential order on the display unit, and determining whether the supplementary service selection menu is input (S100); If the additional service menu is selected and input in the step (S100), the display process consisting of the step (S110) to read the menu recorded in the reconfiguration menu storage unit 140 by sequential sorting and display on the display unit,

Determining whether a direction key button or a numeric key button is input from the key button unit 100 to select a menu displayed in the display process (S120);

If it is determined that the direction key is input in the determination process (S120), the controller moves to the corresponding menu designated by the direction key and inputs the selected menu to the controller 120, and moves to the menu of the direction indicated by the input direction key. And specifying the menu (S130); Determining whether to select a menu designated by a direction key in step S130; When selecting a menu specified in the step (S140), the direction key process consisting of a step (S150) of selecting and inputting the menu to the control unit,

If it is determined in step S120 that the numeric key is input from the key button unit 100, the controller 120 displays a menu designated by the numeric key on the display unit 150 and inputs the control unit 120. Numeric key process to select (S160),

Counting the number of times the menu is selected and displayed on the display unit 150 and input to the control unit 120, reordering and storing the menu by sequentially sequencing, and executing the selected menu, the control unit ( Counting the number of selections of each menu by the counter 110 under the control of step S170; The controller 120 analyzing the number of selections of each menu counted by the step S170 sequentially sorts the number of selections by the counted number of times, and reorganizes and stores the entire menu by basically sorting the unselected menus (S180). ); Determining whether to execute a menu selected by the controller 120 (S190); If it is determined that the selected menu is executed in the step S190, the controller 120 includes a reconstruction process consisting of a step S200 of executing and terminating the corresponding menu.

Hereinafter, the dynamic menu selection method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail.

It is determined whether a key button signal for selecting a menu of an additional service is input using the portable terminal (S100), and when the key button signal for selecting an additional service menu is input, the reconfiguration menu storage unit 140 is input. The stored reconstruction menu is read and displayed on the display unit (S110).

As described above, as a key button for selecting a supplementary service menu displayed on the display unit 150, it is determined whether a direction key button for sequentially searching for supplementary service contents is input or a numeric key button for directly searching for the supplementary service is input ( S120).

When the direction key button is input in the determination (S120), the user moves to a menu in a direction designated by the input direction key, specifies a corresponding additional service (S130), determines whether to select a menu (S140), and the determination (S140). In the case of selecting a menu, the selected menu is input to the control unit 120 to be selected (S150).

In addition, when the numeric key button is input in the determination (S120), the numeric keypad button directly moves to the additional service menu designated by the input numeric key button to be displayed on the display unit 150 and input to the control unit 120 to be selected. (S160).

When the selected supplementary service menu is input, the controller 120 controls the counting unit 110 to count the selected number of corresponding supplementary service menus (S170), and sequentially sorts from a plurality of selected menus based on the counted number of times. At the same time, the menu having no number of times selected is basically sorted to reconstruct the order of the entire menu and to record and store the reconstructed menu in the reconstructed menu storage 140 (S180).

It is determined whether to execute the selected additional service menu in the direction key process or the numeric key process (S190), and when executing the selected menu, the control unit 120 executes the menu (S200).

Accordingly, the present invention provides a supplementary service menu arranged according to user habits by applying a high priority to frequently used supplementary service menus and dynamically reconfiguring them to be displayed in order according to the priorities.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the number of user selections for each value-added service menu of the mobile terminal is counted, and the industrial value for dynamically reconfiguring a preferred value-added service menu is arranged in order from the highest priority. Use effect

In addition, since the respective menus of the mobile terminal are frequently arranged and reconfigured, there is a convenient effect of easily selecting and using a menu of additional services preferred by the user.

Claims (7)

A key button unit for selecting and inputting a menu of a communication function and an additional service function of the portable terminal; A counting unit for counting the number of times of the additional service menu selected by the key button unit; A control unit for controlling, monitoring and operating each functional unit of the portable terminal; A menu storage unit for outputting additional service menus arranged and stored in a basic order under the control of the controller; A reconfiguration menu storage unit for storing and outputting a menu sequentially arranged from a plurality of selected menus under the control of the controller; And a display unit for displaying an additional service menu sequentially stored in the reconstruction menu storage unit under the control of the control unit. According to claim 1, An operation storage unit for storing various operation data and programs of the mobile terminal and outputting the operation data under control of a control unit; A high frequency unit for transceiving the radio communication signal of the portable terminal by up and down conversion; And a baseband portion for processing and inputting and outputting the baseband signal of the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, The menu is sequentially displayed and stored in the reconstruction menu storage unit by the selection of the key button unit, Dynamic menu configuration of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the control unit counts the number of times of the menu selection selected by the key button unit and the number of menus stored in the menu storage unit in order to store the reconfiguration menu storage unit Device. When the supplementary service menu is selected by the mobile terminal, displaying the supplementary service menu reconstructed in sequence on the display unit; Determining whether a direction key button or a numeric key button is input to select a menu displayed in the above process; If it is determined that the direction key is input in the determination process, the direction key process for moving to the corresponding menu designated by the direction key and inputting the selected menu to the control unit; In the determining process, if it is determined that the numeric key is input from the key button unit, the control unit displays a menu designated by the numeric keys on the display unit, and inputs and selects the numeric key process. The method of selecting a dynamic menu of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the resetting process of reconfiguring and storing the menu and executing the selected menu is performed by counting the number of selections of the menu selected on the display unit and input to the control unit. . The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying process is performed. Determining whether an additional service selection menu is input by the mobile terminal; If the additional service menu is selected in the process, the dynamic menu selection method of the mobile terminal comprising the step of reading the menu recorded in the reconfiguration menu storage unit by the sequential order and display on the display unit. The method of claim 4, wherein the direction key process, Moving to a menu in a direction designated by the input direction key and designating a corresponding menu; Determining whether to select a menu designated by a direction key; In the case of selecting the specified menu in the process, the dynamic menu selection method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that consisting of the step of inputting the selected menu to the control unit. The method of claim 4, wherein the reconstruction process, Counting the number of selections of each menu by the counting unit by the portable terminal controller; The control unit analyzing the number of selections of each menu counted by the above process to reorder and store the menus sequentially by the number of selections and to basically sort the unselected menus; Determining whether to execute a menu selected by the controller; And if it is determined that the selected input menu is executed in the above process, executing the menu and terminating the corresponding menu.