KR20050046450A - Content management method for handheld terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a content management method of a mobile terminal, and in particular, to manage all the content by time and type, and to display the corresponding time zone and type content on the monitor screen according to the user's setting so that the user can easily identify the desired content There is a purpose. According to the present invention for this purpose, the step of acquiring the content, adding the identification code by type and time, and storing the corresponding content, displaying the content search screen and searching the content corresponding to the time zone when the hourly search is set, the corresponding content list Is displayed on the monitor screen, and if any content list is selected from the displayed content list, attaching the corresponding content file to the outgoing message.

Description

CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR HANDHELD TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to multimedia management technology, and more particularly, to a content management method in a mobile terminal.

Portable terminals, in particular mobile communication terminals, have been rapidly spread in size and weight due to the development of communication technology.

Accordingly, as the spread of mobile communication terminals (hereinafter, referred to as "mobile phones") has spread, the needs of consumers have been diversified.

Currently, mobile phones do not merely store text messages, still pictures, or melodies, but they also allow users to download, store, play, edit, and transfer videos from the outside through the development of large memory and high-speed data transfer.

In addition, a mobile phone in which an integrated digital camera is integrated to meet consumer needs has been developed and spread.

In general, a camera-integrated mobile phone includes a conventional voice call function and a digital camera function for capturing image data of a subject.

On the other hand, the current mobile phone is built and managed by the built-in concept of the content (category) classified by type or downloaded from the outside or taken directly from the outside, or a long message from the outside or directly.

In other words, mobile phones are currently evolving so that they can be delivered to other mobile phone users while managing pictures, pictures, voice recordings, and long information as types.

Accordingly, when it is necessary to deliver a picture, video or message managed as content to a mobile phone user to another mobile phone user, the corresponding picture, video or message is searched for, selected, moved (attached) to the message window, and then transmitted.

The prior art will be described with reference to the exemplary diagram of FIG. 1 as follows.

1 is an exemplary view showing a content search process in the prior art, as shown therein, a step of creating an outgoing message and selecting a content search menu; selecting a content type from the content search menu; Searching for desired content when the content list is displayed on the mobile phone screen; and attaching to the outgoing message when the desired content is found.

Referring to the operation of the prior art as follows.

First, the user opens a message composition window on the mobile phone menu screen and creates a message to be delivered.

Subsequently, when the message is completed, the mobile phone user selects 'video' as the content type from the content search menu to display a video list (the video representative screen in FIG. 1) on the mobile phone screen. At this time, the video list is displayed on the mobile phone screen in order by date.

Accordingly, the user searches for the desired video by searching the video representative screen displayed on the mobile phone screen using the arrow keys.

Then, when the user finds a video to be transmitted, the user selects the video list and attaches the video file to the sent message.

If there are a plurality of videos to be transmitted, the process is repeatedly performed.

For example, if you want to send two videos attached to an outgoing message, select the video search menu after creating an outgoing message, check the multiple videos displayed on the phone screen, select the desired date, and attach it to the outgoing message. After selecting the video search menu again, a plurality of videos displayed on the mobile phone screen are checked one by one, and a video of the desired date is selected and attached to an outgoing message.

In addition, when there is a picture or a message, a picture search message or a message search menu is selected, and then a picture or message to be searched is found in the same process as the above video search process.

Then, when you find the picture or message you want, it will be attached to the outgoing message. In this case, when there are a plurality of pictures or messages to be attached, the content is repeated as many times as the video search.

Then, when the search and attachment of content such as a desired video, photo, message, and the like is completed, the user presses a send button to transmit the content to another mobile phone user.

However, in the related art, if the number of contents to be transmitted to another mobile phone user is 10 or more, the user must bear the inconvenience of repeating the search, selection, and moving process more than 10 times.

In particular, conventionally, there is a problem that adds more inconvenience when trying to transmit the content by dividing by date.

That is, since the content currently managed in the mobile phone displays and manages time information individually, all the content must be searched one by one in order to confirm the generation time and reception time of the specific content.

Therefore, the present invention manages all the content by time and type to improve the conventional problem, while displaying the content of the corresponding time zone and type according to the user's setting on the monitor screen, so that the user can easily check the desired content An object of the present invention is to provide a method for managing content of a terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content search method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: acquiring content, adding an identification code for each type and time, storing the corresponding content, and displaying a content search screen and setting up a time-based search. Search for the content corresponding to the corresponding time zone and display the corresponding content list on the monitor screen; and selecting an arbitrary content list from the displayed content list, attaching the corresponding content file to the outgoing message. It features.

In addition, when the desired content is selected from the content list, the method may include checking the time zone of the corresponding content and displaying the time zone near the corresponding time zone.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is an exemplary view illustrating a content search process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, when an outgoing message is created and a content search menu button is selected, a time-based search button is selected on a content search menu screen, Displaying a calendar on a screen; selecting a desired date on the calendar screen; indicating that there is content corresponding to the date by using a magnifying glass; and displaying a list of contents of the date after executing the magnifying glass. And displaying a time zone of the corresponding content when the desired list is selected from the content list, and displaying the corresponding content in the vicinity of the corresponding time zone on the clock screen on which the time is displayed.

Referring to the operation and effect of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

In the embodiment of the present invention, assuming that the type of content is a video, a picture, and a message, each content includes a type identification code, a content registration (creation) date (year, date, time) code, and content content. Here, the content, in particular, a video or a picture is downloaded from the outside or taken directly when the camera is built in.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that a message, a video, a photo, etc. from another mobile phone user is also stored as content.

Therefore, the time-based search process for the content in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the exemplary diagram of FIG. 2 as follows.

First, the user opens a message composition window on the mobile phone menu screen and composes a message to be delivered to another user. An example of an outgoing message is shown in FIG.

Then, when the message is completed, the mobile phone user displays the content search menu screen as shown in FIG. 2 (b) on the mobile phone screen through the menu screen.

If you want to perform hourly search for the current content, press the hourly search button.

In this case, a calendar is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone as shown in FIG. 2 (c). For example, in FIG. 2, when the user moves the cursor to the 13th day, the magnifying glass functions as shown in FIG. As shown in d), the video, photo and message are registered on the 13th.

Then, when the user presses the OK button when the cursor is located on the 13th day, a list of all videos, photos, and messages registered on the 13th day is displayed on the mobile phone screen as shown in the example of FIG.

Accordingly, when the user selects an arbitrary content list on the list screen as shown in Fig. 2 (e), the file of the selected content list is attached to the outgoing message as shown in Fig. 2 (a).

Therefore, if the user presses the send button after the content is attached to the outgoing message, the message is transmitted to another mobile phone user.

In addition, when the user selects an arbitrary content list and selects a detailed time search button when the content list is displayed on the mobile phone screen as shown in FIG. 2 (e), the watch face is displayed on the mobile phone screen as shown in FIG. A specific marking is displayed at the registration (generation) time location corresponding to the selected content.

Accordingly, when the user presses the confirmation button, the file of the corresponding content is attached to the outgoing message as shown in FIG. 2 (a) and transmitted to another mobile phone user by pressing the send button of the user.

As described in detail above, the present invention provides convenience to a user by managing content such as a video, a photo, and a message by year, month, day, and time while searching for any content at a time when searching for any content. It works.

1 is a view showing a conventional content search process.

2 illustrates a content retrieval process in an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (2)

In the content search method of a mobile terminal, Acquiring content, adding identification codes by type and time, and storing the corresponding content; After the content search screen is displayed and the hourly search is set, searching for content corresponding to the time zone and displaying the corresponding content list on the monitor screen; And if an arbitrary content list is selected from the displayed content lists, attaching a corresponding content file to an outgoing message. The method of claim 1, Selecting an arbitrary content list from the content list and checking the registration (creation) time of the corresponding content to display that there is a registered content at a corresponding time zone location on the watch screen; Way.