KR20050054508A - Method for managing phone book using priority and frequency in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a phone number in a mobile communication terminal, the process of checking whether any one of a communication, including a call, text message transmission, voice message transmission and reception has occurred, and if any one of the communication occurs, frequency score Reading the necessary information, calculating the frequency scores of the counterparts of the generated communication using the read information, storing the information in the phone book, and storing the phone book corresponding to each phone number item. Rearranging the scores to generate a priority list. The present invention sets the priority on each phone number item, calculates the frequency score by setting weights in the communication method, and arranges the phone book according to the frequency score, so that the phone book can be more reasonably managed. have.

Description

How to manage phone book using priority and frequency in mobile communication terminal {METHOD FOR MANAGING PHONE BOOK USING PRIORITY AND FREQUENCY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a phone book management method in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to provide a method for managing a phone book according to priority and frequency of use.

Mobile communication terminals are rapidly spreading due to the convenience of portability, and thus service providers (terminal manufacturers) are competitively developing terminals having more special functions to secure a large number of users.

For example, a mobile communication terminal may include a phone book, a game, a scheduler, a short message, the internet, an e-mail, a morning call, and the like. It provides various functions. In particular, one of the most used functions in the mobile communication terminal is the "phone book".

In the prior art, looking at the phone book function of the terminal, the most frequently used is a search function that searches by name of a person and lists the search results by name. In addition, a search function using a shortcut number, a part of a phone number, a group classification, a storage time, etc. is provided.

First and foremost, the problem with using the phone book is that the memory space for storing the phone number is limited. That is, as the usage time of the terminal increases, the phone book becomes large day by day, and furthermore, there is a problem in that limited memory space is wasted as unnecessary phone numbers that have not been used for a long time increase in the phone book. In other words, there is a demand for a method for effectively arranging a phone book that is gradually increasing over time.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for effectively managing a phone book according to priority and frequency of use in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for sorting phone numbers stored in a phone book according to priority and frequency of use in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for deleting a less frequently used phone number among the phone numbers stored in the phone book in the mobile communication terminal.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for managing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal, the process of checking whether any one of a communication, including a call, text message transmission, voice message transmission and reception occurred; When any one of the communication occurs, reading the information necessary for the frequency score, calculating the frequency score of the counterpart of the generated communication using the read information and storing it in the phone book; And a process of generating a priority list by rearranging according to the frequency score stored corresponding to each phone number item.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a method of managing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal, when selecting a 'find phone number' menu item, displaying a list of phone number search methods and 'finding priority' in the list; When selecting, the process of displaying the priority list by sorting the phone numbers stored in the phone book according to the priority and the frequency of use, and in the state of displaying the priority list, a menu window including a plurality of items when the menu button is input. Popping up, selecting 'listing' among the items, selecting and displaying telephone number items having a frequency score lower than a preset reference value in the priority list, and calling the frequency score lower than a preset reference value A menu including a plurality of items when a menu button is input while the number items are displayed. Popping a window; and selecting 'delete all' among the items, deleting the displayed phone number items from the phone book.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention described below relates to a method for sorting telephone numbers stored in a phone book according to priority and frequency in a mobile communication terminal. In addition, a method for deleting a less frequently used phone number among the phone numbers stored in the phone book will be described.

1 illustrates a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile communication-2000 (IMT2000) terminal, and the like. The following description will be described with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, a control unit (MPU: Micro-processor unit) 100 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, a function to perform processing and control for voice calls and data communications, and to sort telephone numbers stored in the telephone book according to the priority and frequency of use according to the present invention, in addition to the usual functions, and telephones stored in the telephone book. Process the function to delete the less frequently used phone number among the numbers. Therefore, in the following description, description about the process and control of the normal control part 100 is abbreviate | omitted.

The read only memory (ROM) 102 stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 100. In particular, according to the present invention stores a program for sorting the phone numbers stored in the phone book according to the priority and the frequency of use, and a program for deleting the phone number less frequently used among the phone numbers stored in the phone book. Random Access Memory (RAM) 104 is a working memory of the controller 100. Stores temporary data generated during the execution of various programs. Flash ROM 106 stores various updatable archiving data such as phone books, outgoing messages and incoming messages.

Key pad 108 is a number buttons of 0-9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), OK button, call button (TALK), end button (END), Internet access button, navigation It includes a plurality of function buttons such as (or direction) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶), and provides button input data corresponding to a button pressed by the user to the controller 100. The display 110 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 110 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 112 connected to the control unit 100 and the speaker 116 and the microphone 114 connected to the codec 112 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 112 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 100 into an analog voice signal and transmits the same through the speaker 116 and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 114 into PCM data. Provided to the controller 100.

In addition, the RF unit (Radio Frequency unit) (120) is the frequency of the radio frequency signal received via the antenna 118 is provided to the baseband processing unit 122 by lowering the frequency, the baseband signal from the baseband processing unit 122 The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 118. The baseband processor 122 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 120 and the controller 100. For example, in case of transmission, channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in case of reception, despreading and channel decoding of a received signal are performed. .

The present invention calculates a frequency score each time a 'call', 'text message transmission and reception' and 'voice message transmission and reception' occur. The frequency score is calculated as in Equation 1 below.

P (A) = P_a × (call_pri × Num_call_a + sms_pri × Num_sms_a + sound_pri × Num_sound_a)

Where 'P (A)' represents the frequency of use of the phonebook registration name A, 'P_a' represents the priority (or weight) of name A, 'call_pri' represents the call priority, and 'Num_call_a' represents name A 'Sms_pri' indicates text message priority, 'Num_sms_a' indicates the number of text messages sent and received for name A, 'sound_pri' indicates voice message priority, and 'Num_sound_a' indicates voice for name A Indicates the number of message transmissions and receptions.

Meanwhile, the call priority, text message priority, and voice message priority are values set by a manufacturer or a user. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is assumed that the call priority is set to 0.5, the text message priority is set to 0.3, and the voice message priority is set to 0.2.

The name priority is a value set by the user. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the name priority is divided into five grades. For example, if you give A priority level 5 and B give priority level 1, then A is more important than B.

In addition, the present invention accumulates only a call exceeding a set time in accumulating the number of calls. In an embodiment of the present invention, the set time is assumed to be 1 minute. For example, if you make 10 calls with A and only 3 calls exceed 1 minute, the number of calls to A will be '3'.

On the other hand, the calculated frequency score is used to rearrange the phone book. As mentioned above, the frequency score is calculated every time a call, text message transmission and reception, and voice message transmission and reception occur, but the following description will be given by taking an example of calculating the frequency score according to a call occurrence and rearranging the phone book by the frequency score. something to do.

2 illustrates a procedure for rearranging a phone book according to priority and frequency of use in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the controller 100 checks whether a call button (or a call button) is input in step 201. If the call button is not input, the controller 100 proceeds to step 223 to perform a corresponding mode (eg, standby mode). If the call button is input, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 203 and performs a call to the telephone number input by the user.

In step 205, the controller 100 checks whether a call is connected by the other party's response. When the call connection is detected, the controller 100 starts counting talk time in step 207. The controller 100 checks whether the call is terminated in step 209.

When the end of the call is detected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 211 and calculates a talk time based on the counting value. In operation 213, the controller 100 checks whether the calculated talk time exceeds a preset reference value (eg, 1 minute). If the call time is less than or equal to a preset reference value, the controller 100 ends the present program.

If the call time is greater than the preset reference value, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 215 and increases the number of calls stored in correspondence with the receiver of the call by one. In operation 217, the controller 100 reads information for calculating a frequency score of the receiver. Here, the information for calculating the frequency score of the receiver, as described above, the priority for the receiver, the number of calls, the number of text message transmission and reception, the number of voice message transmission and reception (call_pri), the text message priority (sms_pri), It becomes the voice message priority (sound_pri).

In operation 219, the control unit 100 calculates a frequency score of the receiver by using Equation 1. In step 221, the controller 100 rearranges the priority list managed in the phone book according to the frequency score.

For example, if the frequency scores are sorted using Bubble Sort, and the difference between the two frequency scores is smaller than a predetermined value, the two phone number entries have the same priority and frequency of reporting. Do not exchange. The reason for this is that if the display order of the phone number items is changed every time a call (text message transmission and reception) is caused, it may cause confusion of the user. On the other hand, the predetermined value can be implemented so that the user can adjust.

In the above-described embodiment, it is described that the priority list is rearranged by calculating a frequency score each time a call, text message transmission, and voice message transmission and reception occur. As another example, the priority list may be rearranged by calculating the frequency score in a predetermined period (eg, one day).

3 illustrates a procedure for retrieving a priority list sorted according to priority and frequency of use in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the algorithm according to FIG. 3 describes a function for deleting phone numbers with low usage frequency.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, in step 301, the controller 100 checks whether a menu item “Find phone number” is selected by a user's button operation. If the phone number search menu item is not selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 333 and performs the corresponding mode. If the phone number search menu item is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 303 and displays lower menu items corresponding to the phone number search menu item. For example, the display is displayed as follows: "1: search by speed number 2: search by name 3: search by number 4: search by group 5: search by time 6: search by priority".

As such, after displaying the list of phone number search methods, the controller 100 checks whether item 6 (find priority) is selected by the user's operation in step 305. When the "Find Priority" menu item is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 307 to read and display the priority list in which phone numbers are arranged according to priority and frequency of use.

In the state where the priority list is displayed, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 309 and checks whether a menu button is input. When the menu button input is detected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 311 and displays a pop-up window including a plurality of menu items. For example, the display is displayed as "1: Delete 2: List Cleanup".

In the state where the pop-up window is displayed, the controller 100 proceeds to step 313 and checks whether item 1 (delete) is selected. If the first item (delete) is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 329 and deletes the name (or phone number item) on which the selection mark (or shaded display) is placed and returns to step 307. Display the priority list.

If the first item is not selected, the controller 100 checks whether the second item (list cleanup) is selected in step 315. If the second item (list cleanup) is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 317 and selects the phone number items whose frequency score is less than a preset reference value from the priority list and displays them on the display window. Here, the set of phone number items having the frequency score less than the reference value will be referred to as a deletion request list. The deletion request list may consist of phone number entries which have not been communicated in recent months.

In the state in which the deletion request list is displayed, the controller 100 proceeds to step 319 and checks whether a menu button is input. When the menu button input is detected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 321 and displays a popup window including a plurality of menu items. For example, "1: Delete 2: Delete All" is displayed.

In step 323, the controller 100 determines whether item 1 (delete) is selected. If the first item (delete) is selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 331 and deletes the name (or phone number item) on which the selection mark is placed, and returns to step 317 to return the deletion request list. Display.

If the first item is not selected, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 325 and checks whether the second item (delete all) is selected. If the second item (delete all) is selected, the controller 100 proceeds to step 327 and deletes all names (telephone number items) existing in the deletion request list from the phone book and then step 307. Return to to display the priority list. In this case, the displayed priority list does not include the phone number items that constitute the deletion request list.

As described above, the phone number items having a low frequency score may be deleted by the user's selection, or in another example, the terminal may be automatically deleted periodically.

Hereinafter, in order to help a better understanding of the present invention, a practical application will be described with reference to FIG. 4. 4 illustrates screens displayed when searching a priority list sorted according to priority and frequency of use.

Referring to FIG. 4, (a) shows a window displayed when the user selects the 'call number' menu. As shown, the window includes a plurality of selection items (1: find by number 2: find by name 3: find by number 4: find by group 5: find by time 6: find by priority). When the user selects item 6 on the screen (a), the priority list in which the phone book is sorted according to the priority and the frequency of use is displayed as shown in the screen (b).

When the user inputs a menu button while the priority list is displayed, a menu window including a plurality of menu items (1: delete 2: list cleanup) is popped up as shown in (c) screen. At this time, if the user selects item 1 (delete), the item on which the selection mark is placed is deleted from the list. On the other hand, when the user selects the second item (list cleanup), as shown in (d), the phone number items having a frequency score less than the preset reference value are selected and displayed in the priority list.

When the user inputs the menu button while displaying the phone number items with low frequency score as described above, (e) a menu including a plurality of menu items (1: Delete 2: Delete All) on the lower left as shown on the screen. Pop up the window. At this time, if the user selects item 1 (delete), the item (Lee Young-hee) on which the selection mark is placed is deleted from the list as shown in (f) screen. On the other hand, if the user selects item 2 (delete all), all the phone number items displayed in the priority list organizer window are deleted from the phone book.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention sets the priority to each phone number item, calculates the frequency score by setting weights in the communication method, and aligns the phone book according to the frequency score so that the phone book can be more reasonably managed. have. In addition, there is an advantage that can efficiently use the limited memory storage space by providing a function that can delete the low-frequency phone number entries.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for rearranging a phone book according to priority and frequency of use in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for retrieving a priority list sorted according to priority and frequency of use in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 shows screens displayed when retrieving a priority list sorted according to priority and frequency of use;

Claims (6)

In the mobile phone terminal management method, Checking whether any one of a communication including a call, text message transmission, and voice message transmission and reception has occurred; Reading any information necessary for a frequency score when any one of the communication occurs; Calculating the frequency score of the other party of the generated communication using the read information and storing the frequency score in the telephone directory; And rearranging the telephone book according to the frequency score stored corresponding to each telephone number item to generate a priority list. The method of claim 1, The information necessary for the frequency score includes the priority P_a, the number of calls (Num_call_a), the number of text message transmission and reception (Num_sms_a), the number of voice message transmission and reception (Num_sound_a), the call priority (call_pri), and the text message priority (for the counterpart A). sms_pri) and voice message priority (sound_pri). The method of claim 2, The frequency score P (A) for the counterpart A is calculated as in Equation 2 below. P (A) = P_a × (call_pri × Num_call_a + sms_pri × Num_sms_a + sound_pri × Num_sound_a) The method of claim 2, The number of times the call is calculated by aggregating only calls having a talk time equal to or more than a preset reference value. In the mobile phone terminal management method, When selecting the 'Find phone number' menu item, displaying the phone number search method list, Displaying a priority list by sorting the phone numbers stored in the phonebook according to priority and frequency of use when selecting 'Find Priority' from the list; Popping up a menu window including a plurality of items when a menu button is input while the priority list is displayed; Selecting and displaying a list of phone number items having a frequency score lower than a preset reference value in the priority list when selecting a list list from among the items; Popping up a menu window including a plurality of items when a menu button is input while displaying phone number items having the frequency score lower than a preset reference value; And deleting the displayed telephone number items from the phone book when selecting 'delete all' among the items. The method of claim 5, Frequency score P (A) for the telephone number A is characterized in that it is calculated as in Equation 3. P (A) = P_a × (call_pri × Num_call_a + sms_pri × Num_sms_a + sound_pri × Num_sound_a) Where 'P_a' is priority for phone number A, 'Num_call_a' is the number of calls, 'Num_sms_a' is the number of text messages sent and received, 'Num_sound_a' is the number of voice messages sent and received, 'call_pr'i is the call priority, and' sms_pri 'is Text message priority, 'sound_pri' indicates voice message priority.