KR20050122596A - Method for managing spam message in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A spam message management method in a mobile communication terminal is provided. When the message is received, it is determined whether the anti-spam function is set. If the anti-spam function is set as a result, the received message is checked to match the spam rule. If the check result matches the spam rule, the message is stored in the spam message archive. If the anti-spam feature is not configured or does not match the spam rule, the message is saved in the general received message archive. The spam rule is set by using a general condition and an exception condition. When the user inputs the sender's number or string in the general condition and the exception condition, the terminal matches the sender's number or the string entered in the general condition. If it is considered as a spam message, the number or string of the sender entered in the exception condition may be implemented to not allow spam message blocking.

Description

How to manage spam messages on mobile devices {Method for managing spam message in mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a method for managing spam messages in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method for managing spam messages in a mobile terminal for more efficiently processing spam messages by using a compound operator and a negation operator.

The text message function of the mobile communication terminal has become a function most used by users along with the call function. However, there are cases where information through text messages or e-mails provided to a mobile communication terminal is provided indiscriminately to a user of the mobile communication terminal. Such a message is called a spam message. Or just like junk, it's called junk mail.

The messages provided are mostly advertising messages that are not desired by the terminal user or messages that are obscene. Conventionally, the method of filtering such a spam message is a method of blocking a spam message if the corresponding string or outgoing number is included. However, if any of the string or outgoing number is included, it is treated as spam. This has resulted in not using this anti-spam feature. Therefore, there is a need for a method for filtering spam messages more precisely and efficiently than simply determining whether the calling number matches or including the corresponding string.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above conventional problems, the object of which is to set the spam rule using the general condition and the exception condition, the terminal stores it and the received message is a spam set by the user If a rule is matched, it provides a method for managing spam messages in a mobile communication terminal that can store it in a spam message archive.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention determines whether the received message corresponds to the spam rule when the spam blocking function is set as a result of the first step and the first step of determining whether the spam blocking function is set when the message is received. And a third step of storing the message in the spam message storage box when the determination result of the second step and the second step matches the spam rule. If the spam blocking function is not set as the result of the first step, the message may be stored in the general received message storage box. If the spam rule does not match the spam rule, the message may be stored in the general received message archive.

The spam rule is set by using general and exception conditions. If the user enters the sender's number or string in the general condition, the terminal considers the spam message if the received message matches the sender's number or string. And the sender's number or string entered in the exception condition may not allow spam message blocking.

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 spam message management method of the present invention.

The input unit 101 may use various elements such as a keypad and a touch screen, 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. In the present invention, the memory unit 103 includes a compound rule DB in which data indicating whether a sender's number matches or whether a spam string is included is stored using a compound operator AND and a negation operator NOT.

The controller 105 controls the overall state and operation of the mobile communication terminal. In the present invention, if the received message is determined whether the anti-spam function is set, and if the anti-spam function is set, whether or not to match the spam rules set by the user, if the spam rules match, control to store in the spam message archive do.

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, or transmits the data stored in the memory unit 103 to the receiver's mobile communication terminal through the antenna.

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, a spam message management method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the spam message management method of the present invention.

Upon receiving the message (S201), the mobile communication terminal determines whether the spam blocking function is set (S203), and if the spam blocking function is set, checks whether the received message matches the set spam rule (S205). If the spam blocking function is not set, the received message is stored in the general received message storage box (S207). On the other hand, if the check result of step 205 matches the spam rules set by the user and stores the received message in the spam message storage box (S209). In addition, if the received message does not match the spam rule set by the user as a result of checking in step 205, the received message is stored in the general received message storage box (S207).

The spam rule is a rule indicating whether the general condition and the exception condition set by the user are satisfied by setting the sender's number match or the inclusion of the spam string using the compound operator (AND) and the negation operator (NOT). . The general condition is that the user can enter the sender's number or character string and if the received message matches the input number or character's character, it is regarded as spam message. On the other hand, the exception condition is that it satisfies the general condition and does not allow spam message blocking exceptionally.

This process will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3G. 3A to 3G are screen examples of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the spam message key manipulation is recognized in the idle state of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal displays a spam message menu screen. In the spam message menu, a specific key button is separately placed on the keypad of the terminal, and when the key button is selected, the spam message menu can be directly moved to the spam message screen. On the contrary, if a menu button is selected using a menu button without having a key button for a specific purpose on the keypad, it is possible to select a corresponding menu from the menu list displayed on the screen. The two methods may be implemented in any way because the functions are the same. When the spam message menu is selected by the above method, examples of screens related to spam messages are shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B.

 As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the spam message menu related to the present invention sets a function for registering a spam message rule, a function for storing a spam message in the spam message archive if the user matches a spam rule set by the user, and a spam message blocking function. Or configure it as a function that can be turned off.

If a function of registering a spam message rule is first selected among the functions illustrated in FIG. 3B, the mobile communication terminal provides an interface that allows a user to easily input a spam rule and register the rule as shown in FIG. 3C. The interface for entering the rule consists of being able to enter general conditions and being able to enter exception conditions. On the other hand, the number of conditions constituting each rule can be increased by adding general conditions and adding exception conditions of the menu shown in FIG. 3C. In addition, each general condition input and exception condition input is composed of a combo box using a scrolling window to select a caller's phone number or a character string and an edit box for inputting contents corresponding to the condition.

For example, the user selects a string using the scroll window for the general condition and enters' Brother 'as the string. In the same way as the general condition, the user selects a phone number for the exception condition and calls the caller's phone number' 011 234 5678. If you press the OK button by inputting ', the terminal displays a message indicating that the rule is registered as shown in FIG. 3D and simultaneously registers the rule set by the user. The content of the rule set by the user through FIG. 3C is regarded as a spam message if the string 'Brother' is included in the content of the message, and the message is blocked. Means that. The exception condition is set using a negation operator N0T. It is also possible to set using the compound operator (AND) when adding general conditions, adding exception conditions, or combining each condition.

To set the spam message blocking function using the registered spam rule through the above process, the user selects the spam message blocking function setting menu shown in FIG. 3E. When the user selects the spam message blocking function setting menu, the terminal displays a screen for turning on or off the spam message blocking function as shown in FIG. 3F. When the user selects a setting item on the displayed screen, the terminal provides a message indicating that the spam message blocking function is set. An example of the screen at this time is shown in Fig. 3G.

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 managing spam messages in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention sets a more sophisticated spam rule using a compound operator and a negation operator, so that spam messages can be filtered more efficiently, thereby providing the user with the convenience of effectively managing spam messages.

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

2 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the spam message management method of the present invention.

3A to 3G are screen examples of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (4)

Determining whether an anti-spam function is set when a message is received; A second step of determining whether a received message matches a set spam rule if the spam blocking function is set as a result of the first step determination; The third step of storing the message in the spam message archive if the spam rule set in the second step is determined. Spam message management method in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The spam message management method of claim 1, wherein if the spam blocking function is not set, the message is stored in the general received message storage box. The method of claim 1, And if the spam rule does not match the result of the determination of the second step, storing the message in a general received message storage box. The method of claim 1, Spam rule is set by using general condition and exception condition. If user inputs sender's number or string in general condition and exception condition, terminal receives received message and sender's number or string. If it matches, the spam message management method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it is considered as a spam message and the number or string of the sender entered in the exceptional condition does not allow spam message blocking.