KR20050077879A - Received message classifing and sorting method for mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message receiving method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method of classifying and sorting a received message of a mobile communication terminal to improve the search convenience and easy management by classifying received messages according to a classification rule specified by a user. . The conventional method of sorting received messages in a mobile communication terminal merely provides a list of received messages, so that the sender cannot be identified until the full message is confirmed, and it is difficult to know who sent the message and how much of it. In order to retrieve the message from the sender, there is a problem that a cumbersome procedure of checking all the messages one by one through repetitive key input is needed. there was. In view of the above problems, the present invention sets a classification criterion using a phone book and then sorts the received message into sub-items belonging to a large category by applying the classification criteria to provide the user with a desired message. It is possible to easily search and delete through the classification items having a configuration of the inbox hierarchically has the effect that the user can easily manage the received message.

Description

Received message classification and sorting method for mobile terminal {RECEIVED MESSAGE CLASSIFING AND SORTING METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a method of classifying and sorting a received message of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of classifying and sorting a received message of a mobile terminal to improve the search convenience and easy management by classifying received messages according to a classification rule specified by a user. It is about.

As the use of mobile communication terminals is becoming more common, information transmission using mobile terminals is frequently performed in addition to simple voice calls. Among them, the most common one is unilaterally providing predetermined information such as text messages, voice messages or multimedia messages The delivery of information through a message service that can be delivered.

The message service is a basic function of the mobile terminal, and the use of the short message service that transmits a simple text message is more frequent than the voice call, depending on the age group. Many memory areas are allocated for storing received messages.

However, since these messages follow a simple sorting method in which inboxes are sorted in order according to the type of message, they are searched while checking many message items listed in the order of receipt to find messages sent by a specific sender. Discomfort has to occur. Especially for users who frequently use messages, it is inconvenient to search for the desired message among dozens of messages, and as more space is stored for receiving message storage, more messages can be stored. It will be more difficult to do.

1A to 1B are diagrams illustrating a screen example showing an inbox list showing a reception state of a short message among conventional reception messages, and a screen example diagram showing message contents that can be checked when one of the lists is selected.

First, the screen shown in FIG. 1A is a list of received messages that are output when the short message inbox is selected, and the order in which they are listed is based on the order in which they are received. In case of the terminal to which the icon 10 is applied, only the confirmation may be known according to the shape of the icon.

Therefore, in order to confirm the caller, a desired message can be selected by operating a keypad, and the representative name can be confirmed in the case of the caller's phone number or the phone number listed in the phone book after outputting the screen as shown in FIG.

For example, if the messages shown in Table 1 below are received and stored in the Inbox, to check the messages from "Lee Seung-yeop," select the messages one by one, and the caller's phone number (represented by the calling phone number) Must be repeated to identify who the message is from.

Caller AAA Lee Byung Hyun Lee Seung Yeop Message content -It's cold after rain.-Should we go to the movies? Lotte Department Store Sale? -I'll be home run.-Please support me.

In other words, a large number of key operations are required to check messages from a desired user. When a large number of messages are received, a lot of time is consumed, and how many messages have been received and stored from any user. It is not easy to know either.

In addition, if you want to selectively delete messages received from a predetermined sender, it is necessary to delete the messages while designating individual messages one by one.

That is, the conventional method of sorting and managing received messages has a limitation in that it is a flat sorting method in which searching and managing are very inconvenient because all received messages are displayed in a single menu step.

As described above, the method of sorting the received messages of the conventional mobile communication terminal merely provides a list in the received order, so that the sender cannot be confirmed until the message is fully verified, and who sent the message and how much of the message was checked. In order to search for a message from a sender that is difficult to understand, there is a problem that a cumbersome procedure of checking all the messages one by one through repeated key input is necessary. There was discomfort.

In view of the above problems, the present invention sets a classification criterion using a phone book and applies a received message to a corresponding classification criterion to provide a user with a subcategory of a large classification item. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for classifying and sorting a received message of a mobile terminal so that a message can be easily retrieved and deleted through a category.

The present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of entering a phone book menu and selecting a criterion for classification classification among the items of the phone book to set the message classification criteria; Generating a higher received message classification item according to the set classification criteria; And when the message is received, sorting the received contents into sub-items of the generated message classification item according to the message classification criteria.

In the case of displaying a received list to check the received message, a classification item is displayed, and when a desired item is selected from the classification items, a message list classified as a corresponding item is displayed.

 Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

2 is a view showing a phone book screen for setting a classification item according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a check box is set beside a representative name of a phone book to set a classification according to the representative name, that is, a phone number. It was made. By adding the check box to the list of representative names of the uppermost level of the phone book, it is not necessary to enter the lower level to check the specific details of the representative name, so it is easy to set the classification criteria, It is easy to check, so it is easy to set and release.

Naturally, the classification criteria can be set to either the group name or other kinds of phone book entry information. That is, when the classification criteria are set by the group name, the message is sorted by the group name including the return telephone number (caller's telephone number) included in the received message, and the messages may be sorted by the lower items of the corresponding classification item. If you specify categories by work phone number or common e-mail address, they can be categorized accordingly. These classification criteria use the information contained in the phone book and can be changed during design phase or customization. Can be.

Basically, the received message is compared to the phone number stored in the phone book and the phone number stored in the phone book, if the existing phone number is displayed according to the representative name accordingly, the basic phone book search routine is already used have. Accordingly, in order to apply the present invention, the basic telephone directory retrieval routine currently used can be approached with an extended concept to change the existing program routine to accommodate the present invention without great difficulty.

When the user sets the received message classification criteria using the information in the phone book as described above, a message storage space having a classification criteria corresponding to the inbox that implements the list of the received messages as the upper item or the upper representative name should be created. .

If three classification criteria are set to a predetermined representative name as shown in FIG. 2, it may have an inbox structure as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C. Of course, the user interface can be changed in various ways.

3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed when a short message inbox is selected, and a list including three classified items according to the representative name set in FIG. 2 as upper items is displayed, and is not classified by the classified items. The default initial category (other) for the message is displayed.

A mobile terminal capable of using an icon may indicate that the item is an upper item by using a "+" icon showing an upper item having a lower item or a "folder" icon showing an item having a different content (classification item icon 20). . In addition, the number of sub-items (i.e., messages) classified by the corresponding classification item may be displayed next to the item name to facilitate identification of the user, and moreover, items (or confirmed items) which are not confirmed by the user among them. ) Can also be displayed (message confirmation information 30) together. This allows the user to know at a glance the total number of messages received and the number of acknowledged / unconfirmed messages for that category.

If the user wants to search the contents of a message classified by an arbitrary classification item, and selects the corresponding classification item, the sub-items such as FIG. 3B are listed. Therefore, the retrieval can be very quick and easy, and the message icon 10 can be applied to the message list, so that the retrieval of the confirmed / unconfirmed message can be facilitated.

In order to check the full text of the received message, if a desired one is selected from the corresponding message list, the entire contents of the corresponding message appear as shown in FIG. 3C.

Therefore, when a user wants to selectively check only a message received from a given user, or to find a desired message among the messages received from a given user, the search can be very easy. The distribution can be seen at a glance.

If the user wants to selectively delete only the received messages classified according to the predetermined classification criteria, only the messages classified according to the corresponding classification criteria may be identified and deleted by the above sorting.

Therefore, the present invention can help to manage the mobile communication terminal more effectively by providing a means for not only greatly improving the user's convenience of use but also for neatly organizing the messy message inbox.

As described above, the method for classifying received messages of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention sets a sorting criterion using a phone book and then sorts the received messages into sub-items belonging to a large category by providing the sorting criteria to the user. Thus, the user can easily manage the received message by hierarchically configuring the inbox by allowing the user to easily search and delete the classified message having the desired message as a lower item.

1 is a screen example showing a conventional received message list.

Figure 2 is a screen showing a classification rule designation method of an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing a list of messages sorted and sorted according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing ***

10: message icon 20: category item icon

30: Message Verification Information

Claims (6)

Setting a message classification criterion by entering a phone book menu and selecting a criterion for classification classification among items of the phone book; Generating a higher received message classification item according to the set classification criteria; And sorting the received contents into sub-items of the generated message classification item according to the message classification criterion when receiving a message. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of the message classification criteria further includes a check box in the display list of the phone book, wherein the user visually determines whether the setting is made and determines the setting and cancellation. Method for classifying and sorting received messages of a mobile communication terminal. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message classification criteria is determined from the contents of phone book information including a group, a telephone number, and a representative name. The method of claim 1, wherein when displaying a received list to check the received message, a classification item is displayed, and when a desired item is selected from the classification items, a message list classified as the corresponding item is displayed. Method for sorting and sorting received messages in a mobile terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying of the classification item comprises adding the number of messages classified as the classification item and the number of messages identified therein in addition to the classification item. How to sort and sort incoming messages. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the messages arranged as sub-items of the classification items according to the message classification criteria may be deleted in units of classification items.