KR20050079026A - Method for displaying long sms in wcdma terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of dividing and displaying a long text message in a mobile communication terminal using a wideband code division scheme (WCDMA). In wideband code division (WCDMA), there is a standard for transmitting a connected text message (Concatenated SMS). The terminal receives and stores the connected text message (Concatenated SMS) separately. When the messages with the same ID (ID) among the stored messages are read and merged in order, and temporarily stored and displayed on the terminal screen. The merged message is displayed by dividing it by the unit size of the terminal screen, and the contents of the message on the previous or subsequent page can be checked by pressing a specific key.

Description

Method of displaying long text message in wideband code division terminal {Method for displaying long SMS in WCDMA terminal}

The present invention relates to a method of dividing and displaying a long text message in a mobile communication terminal using a wideband code division scheme (WCDMA).

Modern mobile communication terminals have various additional functions in addition to simple voice calls, such as a text messaging service (Shortest Messaging Service, SMS). However, the amount of information that could be transmitted in a text message in the existing code division method (CDMA) is 80 bytes, which is a very small amount equivalent to 80 characters in English and 40 characters in Korean, which is insufficient to replace all the messages to be transmitted through voice calls. It is true that this was there.

However, as we enter the era of 3G (Wireless Internet 3rd Generation), MMS service rather than text message service (SMS) is being activated more diversely. MMS stands for Multimedea Messaging Service. While SMS can only send short text, MMS is a comprehensive data transmission service that can send mail, music, photos, and video.

The third generation system was developed for the purpose of multimedia transmission, and it is different from many existing systems such as high-definition video service and fast data rate. Among them, the wideband code division method (WCDMA) is adopted by most countries. Third generation mobile communication system.

Wideband code division (WCDMA) has a designated channel, a common channel, and a shared channel. A dual common channel reverse access channel (RACH) and forward access channel (FACH) are used for data transmission as well as signaling messages. Since there is no feedback channel, the common channel has a very fast connection speed, so it is suitable for very short and independent packet data transmission, and is suitable for packet data transmission such as SMS, text-based email, and web page mouse click information.

However, even if a method or a standard for dividing a long text message by the packet data transmission is provided, the terminal receiving the divided message may display the entire message on a terminal screen of a limited size in some way. Can be a problem.

In other words, if a plurality of split text messages are regarded as independent messages, the sender may have an advantage in that a large amount of messages can be transmitted at the same time, but the receiver may receive a plurality of messages at once. There is no significant difference from receiving two messages. After all, the receiver needs to open and check the received messages one by one in chronological order.

In addition, if there is a method for integrating the received text message, but not equipped with a method for displaying it properly on the terminal screen, only the content of the message can be displayed within the resolution supported by the terminal screen. Outside the scope of support, a problem arises where only the first or part of an entire message cannot be displayed.

The present invention was devised to solve this problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of dividing and displaying a long text message (Concatenated SMS) received by a mobile communication terminal using a wideband code division scheme (WCDMA). It is done.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a region before or after a currently displayed divided region using a preset key.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step of splitting and storing a connected text message (Concatenated SMS) in a memory, and a specific message is selected from the list of received messages and it is a connected text message (Concatenated SMS). In this case, the second step of reading the first segment of the selected message to determine the message ID and the remaining segment having the same message ID as the message ID identified from the memory. Reads all of them, and includes a third step of integrating and temporarily storing them in order and a fourth step of displaying the integrated and temporarily stored connected text messages on the terminal screen. In this case, the fourth step is characterized by re-dividing and displaying the consolidated and temporarily stored connected text messages in units of terminal screens.

In addition, when a specific key is pressed while the connected text message (Concatenated SMS) is displayed on the terminal screen, the previous or next divided area of the currently displayed area is displayed.

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

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for implementing a long text message display method in a wideband code division terminal of the present invention.

The controller 108 performs a wireless call or data processing of the entire terminal and controls each part of the terminal to be described later to operate smoothly. In the present invention, when a particular message is selected from the list of received text messages, if the selected message is a concatenated text message, the first ID of the corresponding message is read to determine the message ID, and then the same ID ( It has a function of reading all the messages having the ID) (the remaining partitions), merging them in order, and temporarily storing them.

The display unit 102 may be generally configured as a liquid crystal display (LCD), and receives various data to be displayed under the control of the controller 108 and displays various messages such as an operation state of the wireless terminal, dialed data, and the like. The present invention provides an interface such as a received message list for selecting and confirming a desired message among received text messages, and displays a part of a long text message connected to a screen. In this case, preferably, current screen information such as "Current page / All pages" is displayed on the bottom of the screen, or on the right side of the screen, so as to intuitively know which part of the entire message corresponds to the part of the long message. It would be efficient to show the scroll bar.

The memory unit 106 has an area for storing control program codes necessary for the operation of the controller 108, terminal setting data to be referred to by the control program, and data stored by the user. In the present invention, in particular, an area for receiving and temporarily storing text messages, an area for final storage after checking the contents of a text message, and an area for temporarily storing the combined text messages after reading and merging them together and outputting them on the screen. It is provided.

The key input unit 104 includes various keys including a digit / character key, a call key, an end key, and the like, and generates and provides a key signal corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 108. In the present invention, in particular, a shortcut key for confirming the previous / next page is provided. When the selection of the shortcut key is detected by the key input unit 104, the controller 108 causes the display unit 102 to display the currently displayed portion. Controls the output of the previous / next page.

For example, when a connected text message is selected in the received message list, only the message size of the LCD size is divided and displayed on the screen of the terminal. Goes to the next page and the next split is displayed. Press the "*" key to go to the previous page and display the previous split. In this case, if there is no part to be skipped because it is the first part or the last part of the page, a guide window that informs the first part or the last part of the message is displayed while the current output page is maintained.

In addition, by assigning a function to check the previous / next message rather than the previous / next page, the left / right navigation keys can improve the trouble of having to go through the upper menu to check other messages.

In addition, the functions of other parts of the terminal will be described as follows.

The microphone converts the voice into an electrical voice signal during a voice call and provides the voice to the voice processor 116. The other voice processor 116 converts the voice data received by the receiver 110 into an analog electric voice signal under the control of the controller 108 and outputs the voice data to the speaker SPK. Then, the speaker SPK converts the electrical voice signal into an audible sound and outputs the audible sound.

2 to 3 illustrate other methods of displaying connected text messages (Concatenated SMS), according to the present invention. It will be described in detail.

2 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining and displaying a concatenated SMS in the same manner as a general text message.

This is the simplest method of displaying a concatenated SMS. When a user of a wideband code division (WCDMA) terminal first creates a long text message and transmits it to the other terminal (S201), the other terminal divides it. Received and stored in memory (S203). At this time, since each part is not necessarily continuously stored in the memory in the divided storage, each divided part may be viewed as an independent text message.

Therefore, in the present method, the split-stored text message is an independent entity and only the received time is contiguous, so that the user must open and confirm each message in the received time sequence in the future when checking the connected message. There is a hassle to do (S205). This is because the wideband code division method (WCDMA) has proposed a standard for long text message transmission, but there is a problem in that it cannot be used at all.

3 is a diagram illustrating a method of integrating a connected text message (Concatenated SMS) to treat and display as a single message.

When a user of a wideband code division method (WCDMA) terminal creates a long text message and transmits it to the counterpart terminal (S301), the counterpart terminal receives the divided transmission and stores it in a memory (S303).

When the user selects the confirmation message received through the menu of the terminal, a list of the received messages is displayed on the screen of the terminal, and when selecting a specific message that the user wants to check the contents of, the control unit 108 of the terminal selects a message to which the selected message is connected. If it is determined that the message is a Concatenated SMS, the first segment of the message is read from the memory unit 106 to determine the message ID.

Subsequently, the controller 108 reads out all the remaining portions of the connected message having the same message ID and the same message ID from the memory unit 106, and integrates them in order, and then stores the memory unit again. Temporarily stored in 106 (S305).

The display unit 104 receives the integrated and temporarily stored message from the control unit 108 and outputs the message to the terminal screen. In this case, the display unit 104 displays the entire message on the terminal screen at the same time within the resolution range supported by the terminal screen. In this case, if the content of the text message exceeds the range of the supported resolution, only a part of the entire message will be displayed on the terminal screen. Therefore, the user cannot check the entire content.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of dividing and displaying a concatenated SMS according to the present invention.

After the long message is created, transmitted, divided, received, and stored in a wideband code division scheme, the entire message is integrated and temporarily stored according to the user's content confirmation selection, which is the same as the steps S301 to S305 of FIG. 3.

Subsequently, the display unit 104 receives the integrated and temporarily stored message from the control unit 108 and outputs the message to the terminal screen. In this case, since the entire message cannot be displayed on the terminal screen at the same time, the display unit 108 displays the display unit. In step 104, the integrated message is divided into information amount units (bytes) that can be displayed on one screen, and then transmitted (S407).

Here, since the first portion displayed on the terminal screen will be the first partition of the re-partitioned message, the user can move to the next partition (next page) by pressing a pre-assigned key such as "#". In the middle, you can also move to the previous partition (previous page) by pressing a pre-assigned key, such as "*".

In addition, when the contents of the current message are being output, a specific key such as "left / right navigation key" is allocated to a user who wants to check the next / previous message instead of the next / previous page. Eliminate the inconvenience of having to check other messages.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made 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, according to the present invention, a method for dividing and displaying a long text concatenated SMS in a mobile communication terminal using a wideband code division scheme (WCDMA) is provided. In addition, a method of displaying a region before or after the currently displayed divided region using a preset key is provided.

As a result, although the wideband code division method (WCDMA) solved the problem that the capacity of the text message was limited to 80 Kbytes in the past, a method of efficiently displaying the message on the terminal screen was not disclosed. do.

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for implementing a long text message display method in the present invention wideband code division terminal.

2 is a diagram illustrating a method of treating and displaying a concatenated SMS in the same manner as a general text message.

3 is a diagram illustrating a method of integrating a connected text message (Concatenated SMS) to treat and display as a single message.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of segmenting and displaying a concatenated SMS in accordance with the present invention.

Claims (6)

A first step of dividing a connected text message (Concatenated SMS) and storing it in a memory; If a particular message is selected from the list of received messages and it is a concatenated SMS, the second step of reading the first segment of the selected message to determine the message ID; A third step of reading all remaining partitions having the same message ID and the same message ID from the memory, integrating them in order, and temporarily storing them; A fourth step of displaying the integrated and temporarily stored connected text message on a terminal screen; Characterized in that a long text message display method in a wideband code division terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth step, The long text message display method according to claim 1, wherein the integrated and temporarily stored connected text message is divided and displayed on a terminal screen basis. The method of claim 1, When the connected text message (Concatenated SMS) is displayed on the terminal screen, when a specific key is pressed, the next divided region of the currently displayed area, characterized in that the long text message display method in a wideband code division method terminal. The method of claim 1, And displaying a previous partition of the currently displayed area when a specific key is pressed while the connected SMS is displayed on the screen of the terminal. The method of claim 1, In the state where the connected SMS is displayed on the terminal screen, when a specific key is pressed, a long text is displayed in the wideband code division method terminal. How to display the message. The method of claim 1, In the state where the connected SMS is displayed on the terminal screen, when a specific key is pressed, a long text is displayed in the wideband code division method terminal. How to display the message.