KR20050029883A - Method for reducing telephone call list of display and internet video phone using as the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for reducing a telephone call list of a dialing pad and an Internet video phone terminal using the method therefor are provided to assign a function of displaying a recent call list to a specific function key on a dialing pad, thereby more quickly retrieving telephone numbers while reducing the frequency of key operation. When a user wants to output a call list or makes a call in an idle state(S50), a dialing pad menu is displayed(S52). The user displays a recent call list by using up/down keys(S54,S56). A desired name of the call list is focused, and a telephone number corresponding to the focused name is displayed(S58). If the desired telephone number is searched(S60), the user presses an 'ok' key(S62) to attempt calling(S64).

Description

Method for reducing telephone call list of dial pad and internet video phone terminal using the same {Method for reducing telephone call list of display and internet video phone using as the same}

The present invention relates to a method for shortening a search list of a dial pad and an internet video telephone terminal using the same. In particular, a method for shortening a search list of a dial pad displaying a recent call list by simple key manipulation in a dial pad of an internet video telephone terminal. And an internet video telephone terminal using the same.

The dial pad is one of services for conducting a call and enters the other party's phone number through a window displayed on the screen to communicate with the other party through a communication exchange. Recently, a video call function is provided to a dial pad by using an image camera connected to a personal computer (PC).

The Internet video telephone terminal is configured such that when a call is made, the call history can be stored inside the terminal. The saved call list is generally stored in the order of recent calls. If you want to call the other party who has recently made a call using this save function, search the recent call list without searching the phonebook. You can quickly and easily find and dial a phone number.

Now, let's look at the process of searching the call list.

1A to 1D are windows sequentially illustrating a process of displaying a call list in an existing internet video telephone terminal, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying a call list in an existing internet video telephone terminal. 1 and 2, when the Internet video telephone terminal is not used, as shown in FIG. 1A, an idle state (IDLE) is maintained (S10). At this time, the user wants to make a call or calls list When outputting is desired, when a user presses the "OK" key, which is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) entry key (S12), various main menus of the GUI are displayed as shown in FIG. 1B (S14). When the call list is selected using the up, down, left, and right keys in the main menu (S16), various call list menus (calling list, received list, missed call list, etc.) constituting the call list are displayed as shown in FIG. 1C (S18). ). If the call list is selected using the up and down keys in the call list menu (S20), the call list is displayed as shown in FIG. 1D (S22). Using the up and down keys from the outgoing list list to select the list you want to call (S24), and by pressing the "OK" key (S26) attempts to call (S28).

However, the process of retrieving the call list from the existing Internet video telephone terminal has the following problems.

Call list should go to [Call List] inside GUI and go to each internal item classified into [Call List] / [Receive List] / [Missed Call List] etc. according to call characteristics. There is discomfort. Although you could call directly from each call list itself, you could not make a call from a recent call without entering this menu.

As described above, when the user wants to search for necessary information, the user can check the desired contents only by operating the menu one by one according to a predetermined procedure, and thus there is a problem in that unnecessary key operation and a large search time are required.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, by providing a function of displaying a recent call list on a specific function key in a dial pad of an Internet video telephone terminal. The present invention provides a method for shortening a search list of a dial pad for searching and an internet video telephone terminal using the same.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, a method for shortening a call list of a dial pad according to the present invention comprises: outputting a latest call list pop-up window by inputting a specific function key for outputting a latest call list from an output dial pad menu; Stage 1; And a second step of selecting from a list displayed in the latest call list pop-up window.

At this time, the specific function key can be applied to all the keys formed on the keyboard, including up, down, left and right shift keys. Most preferably, the specific function key is a downward shift key, and the latest call list popup window is output in response to the first input of the downshift key, and the latest call list is scrolled in response to the second input of the downshift key. Would be the most efficient search method.

In addition, before the first step, when the dial pad is in an idle state, a progression to the dial pad menu may be made through any key input, and after the second step, the telephone number of the selected list is dialed. Can be done.

The latest call list pop-up window is composed of an area where a name of a party who has recently made a call is displayed and an area where a phone number corresponding to the name selected by the user's scroll is displayed.

On the other hand, the Internet video telephone terminal of the present invention for achieving another object of the present invention uses a method for shortening the display of the call list.

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

3A to 3C are windows sequentially showing a call list short retrieval process of a dial pad according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows a call list short retrieval method of a dial pad according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart. 3 and 4, when not using the Internet video telephone terminal, as shown in Figure 3a to maintain the idle state (IDLE) (S50), at this time the user wants to make a call or call list In order to output the control, the user moves to the dial pad menu as shown in FIG. In this state, when the user wants to make a phone call to the recently called telephone number from the dial pad, the latest call list is displayed using the up and down keys (S54) as shown in FIG. 3C (S56). That is, in the present embodiment, a specific function is assigned to the up and down keys, and the transition from the dial pad menu to the latest call list popup window is performed.

The latest call list pop-up window shown in FIG. 3C includes an area A in which a name associated with a name entered by a user, a phone number, etc. is searched and a counterpart's name of a recent call is displayed, and a scroll of the user in A is displayed. It consists of an area B on which a telephone number corresponding to the name to be selected is displayed.

After the switch to the latest call list popup window is made, the user searches for a phone number in the latest call list in the area A using up and down keys. According to this scrolling, the name of the list in the call list is focused, and the telephone number corresponding to the focused name is displayed in the area B (S58). If the currently focused phone number is found (S60), the user attempts to make a call by pressing the "OK" key (S62) (S64).

As such, the user can easily call the latest phone number without having to go to the call list inside the GUI to search for the desired phone number. That is, since the processes of steps S16, S18 and S20 of the existing telephone number retrieval process are executed by the up and down keys which are the specific function keys made in step S54 of the present invention, the retrieval process is shortened.

Here, the function menu (or key) or the designated key, which has not been described in detail above, can be easily generated, changed, or deleted by a software method in the Internet video telephone terminal.

That is, the present invention is not limited to using only up and down keys, which are specific function keys for switching from the dial pad menu to the latest call list popup window, and up, down, left, and right keys or other keys may be used to more efficiently perform the present invention. In particular, when the specific function key is used with the downshift key, the latest call list popup window is output in response to the first input of the downshift key, followed by the second input of the downshift key successively. Since the call list is scrolled, key input can be easily performed and search time can be shortened.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it will be apparent that many modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, the method for shortening the call list search method of the dial pad according to the present invention and the Internet video telephone terminal using the same, when the user wants to search for a necessary phone number on the dial pad, must operate a menu one by one according to a predetermined procedure. It is possible to solve the problem of unnecessary key operation and a lot of searching time of the search method that could check the desired contents. In addition, by applying this to any call to the latest call list can be set up to reduce the phone number search time and the number of key operations more quickly.

1 is a window sequentially illustrating a process of displaying a call list in an existing Internet video telephone terminal;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying a call list in an existing Internet video telephone terminal;

3 is a window sequentially showing a call list shortened search process of the dial pad according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for shortening a call list of a dial pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

A: Area where the name is displayed

B: Area where the phone number is displayed

Claims (7)

A first step of outputting a latest call list popup window according to a specific function key for outputting a latest call list in the dial pad menu; And A second step of selecting from a list displayed on the latest call list pop-up window; Call list short search method of the dial pad, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific function keys are up, down, left, and right shift keys. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific function key is a downward shift key, and the latest call list popup window is output in response to the first input of the downshift key, and the latest call list is corresponding to the second input of the downshift key. Call list short search method of the dial pad, characterized in that scrolling. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the first step, when the dial pad is in an idle state, a progression to the dial pad menu is performed through a random key input. The method of claim 1 or 4, wherein after the second step, a call is made to a phone number of the selected list. The method of claim 1, wherein the latest call list pop-up window comprises a region where a name of a counterpart to whom a recent call was made is displayed, and a region where a telephone number corresponding to the name selected by the user's scroll is displayed. Call list shortcut search method of the dial pad. An Internet video telephone terminal using the method for shortening the display of the call list of claim 1.