KR20050026448A - Method gruping spam message in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for processing spam messages in a mobile terminal is provided to make most spam messages automatically and silently stored in a spam message storage folder only by basic setting so that anybody can be easily protected against spam messages. If a message is received, a control part in a mobile terminal having a spam message storage folder confirms whether the received message is from a number registered in the phonebook. In case that the received message is from a number not registered in the phonebook, the control part stores it in the spam message storage folder. At the same time, the control part controls the mobile terminal so as not to respond to the received message at all.

Description

 How to handle spam messages in mobile terminal {Method gruping spam message in mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a folder for storing undesired short messages and storing them in a spam message storage folder except for messages coming from numbers registered in the phone book of a terminal without additional registration or setting. The present invention also relates to a mobile communication terminal and a spam message management method, in which a message arrival sound or vibration is omitted, and only a user who is unfamiliar with the operation of the device can be easily protected from spam by making it visible only when checking a message.

The recent surge in spam messages annoys people with unwanted messages and sometimes exposes them to the risk of car accidents. However, most of the spam message blocking methods that have been suggested so far, if a specific number is registered as spam, the message sent from the registered number is separately managed, so there is no way to prevent spam messages sent by changing the number, and spam messages are not received. Every time, it is inconvenient to receive it like a normal message, and it is not easy to register as spam, so most users who are unfamiliar with the use of the device cannot use it.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and if the basic anti-spam setting is made, it does not respond to the short message coming from all the numbers not listed in the phone book of the terminal, and stores it in the spam folder. Then, only when you check the text message by opening the number registered or deleted by anyone can be easily set up to be protected from spam messages.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is to set a general message storage folder and spam message storage folder in a terminal for receiving a short message, and when the message is received, whether the message is sent from a number registered in the phone book of the terminal Confirming; Storing and incoming response to the message sent from the registered number as in the conventional case; And storing a message sent from an unregistered number in a spam message storage folder and preventing an incoming call response. When reading the arrived message, opening the general message storage folder and the spam message storage folder in order; And selectively registering or deleting the messages in the spam message storage folder in the phone book. In addition, the spam message storage folder is a step of determining the storage number of a certain number (about 10); The input message exceeding this is characterized in that to be sequentially deleted to remove the barriers to storage capacity due to spam messages.

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

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of classifying spam messages in a mobile terminal having a spam message storage folder according to the present invention.

A mobile communication terminal having a spam message storage folder of the present invention, the method comprising: checking whether a message originated from a number registered in a phone book of a terminal when a message is received to distinguish a spam message; Storing and incoming response to the message sent from the registered number as in the conventional case; And storing a message sent from an unregistered number in a spam message storage folder and preventing an incoming call response. When reading the arrived message, opening the general message storage folder and the spam message storage folder in order; The step of selectively registering or deleting from the message of the spam message storage folder in the phone book, the operation will be described in detail as follows.

First, the user sets the state of the terminal to the default anti-spam. When the message arrives, check whether the number is registered in the phone book of the terminal. If the registered number is notified by the normal vibration or the message ringing tone, the message is received and stored in the general message storage folder. However, a message sent from an unregistered number is stored in a spam message storage folder without generating an incoming signal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reading a message in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

When the user opens the message folder, the message stored in the general message storage folder is displayed first, and the message stored in the spam message storage folder is displayed first. It can be registered in the directory and managed by general message.

In addition, the spam message storage folder automatically deletes the first input message when the number exceeds a certain number, so that the spam volume is not limited to the total capacity due to the generation of many spam messages at a time.

According to the present invention described in detail as described above, many mobile communication terminal users who are not familiar with the device can be easily protected from annoyance or danger caused by spam messages by placing most spam in a quiet folder by default.

 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of processing a spam message in a mobile terminal having a spam message storage folder according to the present invention.

 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reading a message in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Claims (2)

A mobile communication terminal, comprising: distinguishing between a general message storage folder and a spam message storage folder, and checking whether a message is sent from a number registered in a phone book of a terminal when a message is received; Storing and responding to messages sent from registered numbers as in the conventional case; And storing a message sent from an unregistered number in a spam message storage folder and preventing an arrival response. When reading the arrived message, opening the general message storage folder and the spam message storage folder in order; Mobile communication terminal and spam message management method comprising the step of selectively registering or deleting from the message of the folder stored in the spam message to the phone book The method of claim 1, wherein the spam message storage folder comprises the steps of: determining a predetermined number (about 10 storage sizes); Mobile communication terminal and spam message management method characterized in that the input message is exceeded to be deleted sequentially to eliminate the obstacles of storage capacity due to spam messages