KR20050010368A - Phone number searching method for mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for searching for a phone number in a mobile terminal is provided to automatically download life phone numbers required at a specific district, such as hospitals, public offices, etc., in case that a mobile user moves to the specific district, and to store them in the phone book so that the user can easily search for a desired number if necessary. CONSTITUTION: If a user's mobile terminal moves to a specific zone or meets the registration conditions of a phone number download service(310), the mobile terminal makes a phone number download request to a base station system(320). The server of the base station system, receiving the phone number download request, searches a phone number DB corresponding to the specific zone using the location information of the mobile terminal(330). Then the server transmits the obtained life phone number information to the mobile terminal using a short message(340,350).

Description

How to find your phone number on your mobile device {PHONE NUMBER SEARCHING METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal. Particularly, when a user of a terminal moves to a specific area, the mobile phone terminal automatically receives necessary living phone numbers in a corresponding area such as a hospital or a public office, and stores them in the phone book. The present invention relates to a method for searching a phone number of a mobile communication terminal that can be easily searched and connected in a phone book.

In general, in order for a terminal user to move to a specific area and obtain the necessary living phone number in the area, the terminal user can call a 'telephone service center' or search the phone number through the Internet using an internet-enabled terminal. Could get

1 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search process on the Internet using a conventional mobile communication terminal. After accessing the Internet, a desired item is sequentially selected from various items such as a hospital or a restaurant in a corresponding region through a WAP Browser (3. Find a restaurant → 1. Korean restaurant → 1.A restaurant) Finally, I searched for the desired phone number, remembered the searched phone number, and exited the browser.

In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the phone number is searched according to a relatively simple procedure, but in practice, a more detailed search procedure such as a region selection may be added.

Therefore, the conventional phone number search method as described above has the inconvenience of having to make a phone call by pressing a key button to the stored number after searching the menu of the Internet browser and searching for and storing the corresponding phone number. There is a problem in that every city accesses the Internet and searches for a living telephone number in the area.

Therefore, the present invention was created in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, when the user of the terminal moves to a specific area, the living telephone number required in the corresponding area, such as a hospital or government office is automatically received and stored in the phone book, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal, which can be easily searched and connected in a phone book when necessary.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the base station detects the moving area of the terminal, and determining whether the "telephone number transfer service" condition; Requesting transmission of a living phone number of a corresponding area to a system for guiding a phone number in a base station when the terminal moves to a predetermined area; At the request, the telephone number guide system of the base station searching for a living telephone number in a telephone number DB of a corresponding region; Transmitting the retrieved life telephone number to a terminal for requesting a telephone number transmission using a short message; Receiving a short message, analyzing whether the telephone number information is included in the terminal, and detecting the telephone number and storing the telephone number in the designated telephone book; In the case of pressing the call button after searching the telephone number to call in the phone book, it characterized in that it comprises a step of immediately connecting the telephone.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search process in the Internet using a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is an exemplary view showing a message sent for registering information of a mobile communication terminal to a base station system.

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting a living telephone number using a short message according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary diagram showing a classification structure of a short message including a living telephone number according to the present invention;

5 is an exemplary view showing an item structure of a short message including a living telephone number according to the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view showing the structure of a short message (IS-637A) according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a short message including a living telephone number in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 8 is a flow chart showing the process of making a call using a phone number registered by the present invention.

According to the present invention, when a mobile phone is registered with a 'phone number transmission service' of a base station when the mobile station is moved, the base station searches the telephone number DB of the corresponding area, and uses the short message (SMS) to make a corresponding telephone call. When the number is transmitted to the terminal and the terminal receives the short message and the message includes the living telephone number, the terminal detects the stored telephone number and stores the telephone number in the telephone directory so that the user can search the telephone directory and press the call button if necessary. We make summary of offer of method to be able to make telephone call immediately.

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

In general, a mobile communication terminal registers with a base station system in several cases (IS-95B SPEC 6.6.5 Registration).

1. Power-up registration.

2. Power-down registration.

3.Timer-based registration.

4. Zone-based registration.

5. Parameter-change registration.

6. Ordered registration.

7. Implicit registration.

8. Traffic Channel registration.

In this case, various information of the mobile communication terminal is put in a message and sent to a corresponding base station system. An example of the contents is shown in FIG.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a message sent to register the information of the mobile communication terminal to the base station system, as shown in the contents MIN (Mobile Number Identification Number-Telephone Number) information of the terminal is delivered to the content; It can be seen that.

In the present invention, when registering the phone number transmission service necessary for various life located in the area where the terminal belongs using the MIN information, by using the SMS to deliver the phone number information to the terminal having the MIN number, the user calls Make it available directly from the directory.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting a living telephone number using a short message according to the present invention, when a user's terminal moves to a specific region (Zone-based registration) or other 'telephone number transmission service' registration conditions In step S101, the base station system (telephone number guide system) is subjected to a process of registering (telephone number transmission request) (S102).

In this case, when the phone number transmission request is registered in the 'telephone number transmission service', the user requests directly through the 'telephone number transmission request menu' attached to the terminal, or when the corresponding condition is determined by the location search of the terminal. Can be requested. The option may be selected via the terminal menu or the customer center.

On the other hand, the server of the base station system recognizing the request for transmitting the phone number (S103), after searching the phone number DB belonging to the area using the location information of the terminal (S104), the retrieved life telephone number information using a short message Transmission to the terminal (S105).

4 and 5 are exemplary diagrams showing the structure of a short message including a living telephone number according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a structure of a short message for indicating a category, and FIG. 5 shows each item (Item). Is a structure of a short message to indicate

First, in FIG. 4, 'Category / Item' (100) indicates whether the following content is 'Category' (1) or 'Item' (0), and 'New or Append' (101) indicates that the following Category is existing. It indicates whether to add the category as it is or to receive a new one, 'Category' (102) is a number indicating the category, 'Category Name' (103) means the category name shown to the actual user.

Next, in FIG. 5, 'Category / Item' 200 indicates whether the following content is 'Category' (1) or 'Item' (0), and 'New or Append' 201 indicates an Item to which this message belongs. 'Category' (202) is the number that indicates the Category to which the Item belongs, 'Item Name' (203) means the Item name as seen by the actual user, and ' Number '204 means a number corresponding to Item, and' etc '205 is used to send other additional information.

Next, FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing the structure of a short message according to the present invention (IS-637A), of which Layer 2 300 complies with the IS95A / B standard and sets the Teleservice Identifier according to the present invention. The message shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 is assigned to the user data field 302a of the teleservice layer 302.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a short message including a life telephone number in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. When the short message is received at the terminal (S201), this service (telephone number transmission service) In step S202, a corresponding SMS is processed, and a corresponding message is decoded according to the message structure of FIGS. 4 and 5 in the case of a short message according to the present invention (S203).

Accordingly, if the message corresponds to a category (Category) and is new (S204, S205), delete the existing categories and then newly register the current category (S207), if (Append) (S204, S205) The existing category is left as it is and a newly received category is added (S208).

If the message corresponds to the item (S204), first check whether there is a category to which the item belongs (S206), if not, ignore the current message, and if there is, register the item in the corresponding category. If the existing item is deleted after registering the current item (S209, S210), if the 'Append' adds the current item to the existing item (S209, S211).

Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a call using a registered phone number according to the present invention. When a user selects a specific menu (eg, a living phone book menu) to find a received phone number (S301). , And outputs the received category (restaurants, hospitals, government offices, etc.) (S302), if the user selects a particular category of the output items corresponding to the category, and when the user selects the corresponding item and press the call button Connect the phone directly to the phone number (S303).

In addition, although the method of using the point-to-point message of the SMS has been described in the embodiment of the present invention as a phone number transmission means, there is also a method of using the SMS broadcast message. When the value of the message type field 301b of FIG. 6 is '1', it indicates a broadcast SMS message. Since the message can be simultaneously transmitted to a terminal in a specific region, it may be more effective in terms of network efficiency than point-to-point SMS message transmission. have.

As described above, in the method of retrieving the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, when the user of the terminal moves to a specific region, the telephone number is automatically received and stored in the telephone directory when necessary. This has the effect of making it easy to search and connect in the phone book.

Claims (6)

Detecting, by the base station, a moving area of the terminal and determining whether the mobile station corresponds to a 'telephone number transmission service' condition; Requesting transmission of a living phone number of a corresponding area to a system for guiding a phone number in a base station when the terminal moves to a predetermined area; At the request, the telephone number guide system of the base station searching for a living telephone number in a telephone number DB of a corresponding region; Transmitting the retrieved life telephone number to a terminal for requesting a telephone number transmission using a short message; Receiving a short message, analyzing whether the telephone number information is included in the terminal, and detecting the telephone number and storing the telephone number in the designated telephone book; And searching for a telephone number to call in the telephone book and then pressing a call button, immediately connecting the telephone. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone number transmission request is registered in the 'telephone number transmission service', and the user adds a 'telephone number transmission request menu' to the terminal so that the user makes a request or searches the location of the terminal in the base station. When the corresponding condition is reached, the phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it is made to automatically request. The short message of claim 1, wherein the short message including the living telephone number includes a 'Category / Item' field indicating whether the corresponding message is a category or an item, and when the message includes a category, It includes a 'New or Append' field indicating whether to add a new category or receiving a new category, a 'Category' field indicating a category number, and a 'Category Name' field indicating a category name as seen by an actual user. Phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. The short message of claim 1, wherein the short message including the living telephone number includes a 'Category / Item' field indicating whether the corresponding message is a category or an item, and when the message includes an item, A 'New or Append' field indicating whether to add to the item or creating a new one, a 'Category' field indicating the category number to which this item belongs, a 'Item Name' field indicating the name of the item as seen by the actual user, A method for retrieving a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal, comprising a 'Number' field indicating a number corresponding to this item and a 'etc' field for further including other additional information. The short message of claim 1, wherein the short message including the living telephone number is configured to assign a designated teleservice identifier to the ID field of the layer 3 and to provide the living telephone number information including a category and an item field of the teleservice layer. And a method for retrieving and assigning to a user data field. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching of the telephone number in the internal telephone directory of the terminal comprises a separate telephone directory menu which is automatically received and stored, and the received category (restaurant) when the user selects the telephone directory menu. , Hospitals, government offices, etc.), and when the user selects a specific category, the item corresponding to the category is output, and when the user selects the corresponding item and presses the call button, the phone number is immediately connected. Phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that.