KR20050071749A - Method for storing sms in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A text message storage method is provided in a mobile communication terminal. Receive a text message and determine whether the telephone number of the sender of the received text message and the telephone number of the sender of the text message storage folder designated by the user match. If it is determined, the text message is stored in the text message storage folder designated by the user. If the text message is not matched, the received text message is stored in the received text box. The text message storage folder designated by the user may be implemented by adding, deleting, or editing a folder.

Description

How to save text messages on a mobile terminal {Method for storing SMS in mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a text message storage method in a mobile communication terminal. More particularly, the text message storage in a mobile communication terminal capable of effectively managing text messages by storing a text message received from a specific number in a folder designated by a user. It is about a method.

Recently, with the rapid growth of mobile communication terminals, various functions such as taking pictures or listening to music with mobile communication terminals have been added.

Among these various functions, the most common one is the function of sending and receiving messages. You can communicate with other parties through text messages even in restricted spaces where you can't make calls, and you can deliver text messages that are hard to express in words. It became a function.

Conventionally, text messages have been stored in a batch regardless of the person concerned. If a text message box is simply listed in the order of the received time of the mobile communication terminal, and the user wants to check the message from a specific person, he or she should look for it. In order to solve this drawback, there is a Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0335824 for a method that can integrate all the received text messages with respect to the corresponding number or a specific person. Since the text message management method disclosed in the patent registration is integrated management for all the received text messages, there is a problem of managing them even when the text message is not acquaintances, lovers, or friends.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems. If the user designates a text message folder associated with a specific person, the caller's phone number and the phone number of the folder match when the text message is received. It is an object of the present invention to provide a text message storage method in a mobile communication terminal that allows a text message to be stored and managed in a message folder.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a first step of receiving a text message, a second step of determining whether the caller's phone number of the received text message and the caller's phone number of the text message storage folder specified by the user match, A third step of storing the text message in a text message storage folder designated by the user if the determination result of the second step is matched; and a fourth step of storing the received text message in the received text box if the determination result of the second step is not matched. Include.

In addition, the text message storage folder specified by the user can be implemented by adding, deleting, or editing the folder.

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

1 is an internal structure diagram of a mobile communication terminal for explaining a text message storage method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

The input unit 101 may use various elements such as a keypad, a jog shuttle, a point stick, a touch screen, etc., and is used when a user selects a desired function or inputs information.

The memory unit 103 stores programs and data necessary for the operation and status of the mobile communication terminal or the control of the controller 105, and includes various types of erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), and flash memory. The device can be used.

The controller 105 controls the overall state and operation of the mobile communication terminal and may be formed of a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP). In the present invention, the control unit 105 determines whether the caller's phone number in the text message storage folder designated by the user and the caller's phone number in the received text message match and store the text message in the text message storage folder designated by the user. To control. If the result of the determination does not match, the control unit stores the received text message in the received text box.

The radio circuit unit 107 is a transmission / reception circuit for transmitting and receiving voice and control information to and from the base station wirelessly. Receives a call signal sent by the caller's mobile communication terminal through the antenna and transmits it to the control unit 105 or transmits data stored in the memory unit 103 to the receiver's mobile communication terminal through the antenna. do.

The display unit 109 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and displays the state and operation process of the mobile communication terminal.

Next, Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the overall flow of the text message storage method of the present invention.

If the caller writes a text message using a mobile communication terminal or the Internet and then designates a receiver and requests sending, the sender's mobile communication terminal sends a text message and the receiver's mobile communication terminal receives the text message (S201). It is determined whether the caller's phone number of the received text message and the caller's phone number of the text message storage folder designated by the user match (S201). . The text message storage folder designated by the user refers to a text message folder corresponding to a specific person such as an acquaintance who frequently receives a text message. The text message storage folder is registered in the phone number registration menu and the text message box is registered. Register the folder and if the sender's phone number of the received text message and the sender's phone number of the text message folder specified by the user match, the received text message is stored in the text message folder designated by the user. In addition, if the caller's phone number of the received text message and the caller's phone number of the text message storage folder designated by the user do not match, the received text message is stored in the received text box (S207).

3A to 3B are mobile phone screen examples showing designation of an SMS storage folder of a specific person in a phone number registration menu according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user enters the phone number registration function and enters the phone number of a specific person as shown in FIG. 3A. In addition, when the SMS storage folder is added to the phone number registration menu of the mobile communication terminal, the user inputs a folder name related to a specific person in the SMS storage folder.

When the user completes input of the specific person's phone number and the folder name for the specific person and presses the OK button, the mobile terminal displays a message indicating that the registration of the phone number and the registration of the text message storage folder are completed. An example of the screen at this time is shown in Fig. 3B.

3C to 3F are examples of a mobile phone screen illustrating the addition of a folder during text message storage folder management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user enters the text box menu, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen as shown in FIG. 3c and the user selects a desired function from among them. If the character storage folder management is selected among the functions illustrated in FIG. 3C, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen as illustrated in FIG. 3D. Assuming that the user selects to add a folder among them, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen for inputting a folder name as shown in FIG. 3E. As shown in FIG. 3E, a folder name to be designated by the user is input by using a text key and a confirmation key. When the user completes inputting the folder name and presses the OK key, the mobile terminal displays a message indicating that a new folder has been added as shown in FIG. 3F. In the present embodiment, a folder addition has been described, but a text message storage folder designated by a user may be implemented by adding a folder, or may be implemented by deleting or editing a folder.

3G to 3J are mobile phone screen examples of checking received text messages in a text message storage folder designated by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user enters the text mailbox menu, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen as shown in FIG. 3G. On the other hand, if the user selects a folder designated by the mobile terminal provides a screen as shown in Figure 3h and displays the text message folder name specified by the user. When the user selects a folder name to check the text message contents from among the listed folder names, the mobile communication terminal provides a screen as shown in FIGS. 3I and 3J so that the user can view only the text message related to the specific person.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using the Example, these Examples are illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As described above, the present invention provides a method for storing text messages in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention has an effect of allowing the user to easily and conveniently check the text message because the text message is efficiently stored and stored only for a specific person designated by the user.

1 is an internal structure diagram of a mobile communication terminal for explaining a text message storage method of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing the overall flow of the text message storage method of the present invention.

3A to 3B are mobile phone screen examples showing designation of an SMS storage folder of a specific person in a phone number registration menu according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3C to 3F are examples of a mobile phone screen illustrating the addition of a folder during text message storage folder management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3G to 3J are mobile phone screen examples of checking received text messages in a text message storage folder designated by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (2)

A first step of receiving a text message; A second step of determining whether a caller's telephone number of the received text message and a caller's telephone number of a text message storage folder designated by the user match; A third step of storing the text message in a text message storage folder designated by the user if the determination result of the second step is matched; A fourth step of storing the received text message in the received text box if the determination result of the second step does not match; Text message storage method in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, A text message storage folder designated by a user implements folder addition, deletion, and editing.