KR20060055218A - Wireless telecommunication terminal and its method for seaching a message-receivable telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function and a method thereof.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

According to the present invention, when a message receiving number is selected through a search of a list stored in a wireless communication terminal such as a phone book or a recent call list, a phone number capable of receiving a message can be detected and selected as a message receiving number. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication terminal and a method having a message retrievable number retrieval function for reducing the waste of time due to non-receivable telephone number retrieval and selecting a message receiving number more conveniently.

3. Summary of Solution to Invention

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function, comprising: wireless transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal with an external device; Storage means for storing a list storing a recipient item (including a recipient telephone number); Input means for receiving various signals related to the operation of the message transmission mode and the list search input mode; And enters a message transmission mode according to a signal related to the operation of the message transmission mode and the list search input mode received through the input means, and searches for one recipient item from a list stored in the storage means to receive a message among the corresponding recipient items. Control means for controlling each of the components to send a message to the telephone number as it exists.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used in a wireless communication terminal.

Message reception number, list search input mode, wireless communication terminal

Description

Wireless telecommunication terminal having a message receiving number search function and its method {Wireless telecommunication terminal and its method for seaching a message-receivable telephone number}             

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for selecting a message reception number in a wireless communication terminal according to the prior art;

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message receiving number search method in a wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

21: wireless transmission and reception unit 22: storage unit

23: input unit (keypad) 24: display unit (LCD)

25 control unit 26 codec

27: voice output unit (speaker) 28: voice input unit (microphone)

The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal having a message retrievable number search function and a method thereof, and more particularly to a message transmission (eg, a short message transmission) from various storage lists such as a phone book (phone book) or a recent call list. Receive quicker and more convenient message by searching (detecting) a phone number (e.g. wireless communication phone number) that can receive a message except for a phone number that cannot receive a message, such as a home phone number. A wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function for providing a number selection function and a method thereof.

In the present invention, a wireless communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal, a personal mobile communication terminal (PCS), a personal digital terminal (PDA), a smart phone, a next generation mobile communication terminal (IMT-2000), a wireless communication while being carried by an individual such as a wireless LAN terminal. Say this is possible terminal.

These days, wireless communication terminals provide various messaging services such as Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).

When sending a message using the above-mentioned messaging service, the message receiving number (receiving side phone number) becomes a telephone number selected through a search for a phone book (phone book), a recent call list, or a direct input from a user. It will be your phone number. Looking at this in more detail with reference to Figure 1 as follows.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for selecting a message reception number in a wireless communication terminal according to the prior art.

First, in response to a request from a user, the user enters a message transmission mode (101) and receives the contents of a transmission message (102).

Subsequently, the reception number input mode selected by the user is determined (103) in the direct input mode, the receiving telephone number is input from the user (104), and in the phonebook search input mode, a specific phone number is selected through the phonebook search. In the call list search input mode, a specific phone number is selected through a recent call list search (106). Of course, the process of receiving the message reception number 103 to 106 and the process 102 of receiving the message content may be reversed.

Thereafter, a message is transmitted to the selected message reception number (107).

Here, when the receiving telephone number is selected through a search of a specific list stored in the wireless communication terminal such as the phone book search input mode or the call list search input mode, a phone number capable of transmitting / receiving a message (eg, wireless communication terminal) Phone numbers), as well as phone numbers for which messages cannot be sent / received, such as home telephone numbers (eg 02-112-3489), corporate landline numbers, and service telephone numbers (eg 080-222-6425, 114). ) Was searched together.

As an example, the receiver book entry of the phone book is stored with the name of the receiver, the telephone number of the wireless communication terminal, the home telephone number, and the like. Therefore, when a phone book and a corresponding recipient registration item are searched to receive a message reception number, the home telephone number as well as the wireless communication terminal telephone number can be searched (detected). It may be chosen.

Therefore, when the user selects a message receiving number through a search of a list such as a phone book, the user can actually receive the message before the phone number displayed on the screen as a search result is finally selected as the message receiving number. There was a problem that you should check once more with the naked eye whether or not the phone number.

In addition, when a message receiving number is selected through a search of a list such as a phone book or a recent call list, a phone number that cannot receive a message is also searched along with a message receiving phone number, thus wasting the entire search time for selecting a message receiving number. There was a problem.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and when a message receiving number is selected through a search of a list stored in a wireless communication terminal such as a phone book or a recent call list, a phone capable of receiving a message in a corresponding receiver item searched from the list A wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function for detecting a number and selecting as a message receiving number to reduce waste of time due to non-message receiving phone number and to select a message receiving number more conveniently. The purpose is to provide a method.                         

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication terminal having a message retrievable number search function, comprising: wireless transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving a radio signal with an external device; Storage means for storing a list storing a recipient item (including a recipient telephone number); Input means for receiving various signals related to the operation of the message transmission mode and the list search input mode; And enters a message transmission mode according to a signal related to the operation of the message transmission mode and the list search input mode received through the input means, and searches for one recipient item from a list stored in the storage means to receive a message among the corresponding recipient items. Control means for controlling each of the components to send a message to the telephone number as it exists.

On the other hand, a method of the present invention for achieving the above object, the message receiving number search method in a wireless communication terminal, the message transmission mode entry step of entering a message transmission mode in response to receiving a signal related to the message transmission mode; A receiver item searching step of searching for a receiver item from a previously stored list in response to receiving a signal related to a list search input mode; A phone number detecting step of detecting a phone number capable of receiving a message among the searched recipient items; And a message transmitting step of transmitting a message to the detected telephone number.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following embodiment, a phone book and a recent call list are described as an example among various lists of wireless communication terminals in which a message reception number and a message reception number are stored together.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a wireless communication terminal having a message retrievable number search function according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication terminal having a message retrievable number search function according to the present invention includes a wireless transmitter / receiver 21, a phone book, and a recent call for transmitting / receiving a signal with an external device through a wireless communication network. A screen is stored according to the control of the storage unit 22 which stores a list, etc., an input unit (keypad) 23 for receiving various signals related to the operation of the message transmission and each message reception number input mode, and the like. In response to receiving the message transmission mode entry request signal through the display unit (LCD) 24 and the input unit (keypad) 23 for outputting, the system enters the message transmission mode and receives the message contents, and selects the reception number input mode. In response to receiving a signal, the receiver operates in a corresponding receiving number input mode, and in the direct input mode, receives a telephone number through the input unit (keypad) 23 and is a phonebook search input mode. Detect the message receiving number from the recipient registration item retrieved from the right phonebook and output it through the display unit (LCD) 24. In the call list search input mode, the recipient registration searched from the recent call list is stored in the phonebook. The message can be detected from the corresponding recipient registration item of the phonebook in accordance with the item, or the message can be determined based on whether or not a message for the telephone number of the recipient item can be received as a matching recipient registration item does not exist in the phonebook. Is output through the display unit (LCD) 24, and the message is transmitted to the selected message receiving number as a result of operating in the corresponding receiving number input mode as a message transmission request signal is input through the input unit (keypad) 23. The control unit 25 for controlling each component to control, according to the control of the control unit 25 D. The signal received from the wireless transmitter / receiver 21 is converted into voice and output to the voice output unit (speaker) 27, and the voice received from the voice input unit (microphone) 28 is converted into a signal to control unit 25. Codec (26) for transmitting through the wireless transmitter and receiver 21, the voice output unit (speaker) 27 for outputting the voice received from the codec (CODEC) 26, voice It includes a voice input unit (microphone) 28 for receiving the input to deliver to the codec (CODEC) (26).

At this time, in the present invention, the control unit 25 controls the overall operation of the wireless communication terminal, and at the same time performs a message receiving number search function according to the present invention. That is, when the reception number input mode selected through the input unit (keypad) 23 in the message transmission mode is the phonebook / call list search input mode (collectively referred to as list search input mode), From the recipient (registration) item retrieved from the phone book / recent call list, the message receiving number (e.g., wireless communication terminal telephone number) is detected except for the message receiving number (e.g., home phone number). 24) to output a message so that the telephone number capable of receiving a message can be selected as the receiving telephone number, that is, the message receiving number.

Herein, the process of selecting a message reception number in each case of the phonebook / call list search input mode is as follows. In the phonebook search input mode, a wireless communication terminal phone number, which is a phone number capable of receiving a message, is detected from a specific recipient registration item searched from the phonebook according to a signal received from the user through the input unit (keypad) 23 and the display unit (LCD). Output through (24). Thereafter, the message receiving number selection signal for the detected wireless communication terminal telephone number is input through the input unit (keypad) 23, and the message receiving number is selected as the message receiving number. The recipient registration item includes a plurality of detailed items such as a recipient name item, a home phone number item, an office phone number item, and a wireless communication terminal phone number item. Here, a home / office phone number, which is a phone number for which a message cannot be received, is stored in the wireless communication terminal phone number item, or a wireless communication terminal phone number, which is a phone number for receiving a message, is stored in a home / office phone number item. Therefore, the present invention does not determine whether the message is a telephone number capable of receiving a message based on the category of each sub-item included in the recipient registration item, but rather is a multiple number used as the first digit of the telephone number capable of receiving the message ( Example: 010, 019) It is determined based on the match with a specific number. A more detailed description thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. 3.

In the call list search input mode, the controller 25 searches for a specific receiver item from the recent call list according to a signal received from the user through the input unit (keypad) 23. If it is determined whether the searched specific recipient item has been previously registered in the phonebook, and if a matching recipient registration item exists in the phonebook, the wireless communication terminal telephone number is detected from the corresponding recipient registration item stored in the phonebook. If a matching recipient registration item does not exist in the phone book, it is determined whether a message for the telephone number of the recipient item retrieved from the recent call list is received, and the result is output through the display unit (LCD) 24. Here, the criterion for determining whether the message of the receiver item can be received is whether or not it matches with a specific number among a plurality of numbers (eg, 010, 019) used as the first digit of the telephone number capable of receiving the message. Subsequently, the phone number is selected as the message reception number as the message reception number selection signal for the phone number detected from the recipient registration item of the phonebook or retrieved from the recent call list is input through the input unit (keypad) 23. .

The storage unit 22 stores the operation program and system program of the control unit 25, and the operation program and system program are stored in a normal ROM area and can be erased as necessary. In addition, the storage unit 22 includes a RAM for temporarily storing data generated during execution of various operation programs. In addition, the storage unit 22 stores a phone book, a recent call list, and the like. Here, the phone book stores the name of the receiver and the telephone number of the receiver, that is, the home telephone number, the office telephone number, the wireless communication terminal telephone number, and the like. The recent call list stores various telephone numbers such as a landline telephone number, a service telephone number, and a wireless communication terminal telephone number. In addition, the storage unit 22 stores a plurality of numbers (for example, 010 and 019) that are used as leading digits of the telephone number for receiving a message.

The input unit 23 includes a plurality of numeric keys (letter keys), menu keys, and function keys for performing various functions, and outputs key data to the controller 25 according to external operations. In addition, the input unit 23 includes a signal related to message transmission, that is, a message transmission mode entry request signal and transmission message contents for entering a message transmission mode, and various signals related to message reception number selection, that is, a direct input mode and a phone book. A signal for entering a specific reception number input mode, such as a call list search input mode, a signal related to a phonebook / recent call list search and a message reception number selection signal, etc. are received in the list search input mode.

The display unit 24 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD). The display unit 24 displays the state of the wireless communication terminal or the progress of the program under the control of the control unit 25. That is, the overall state of the wireless communication terminal and the contents received are displayed. In addition, the display unit 24 outputs various screens related to message reception number selection and message content input when a message is transmitted under the control of the controller 25. Here, the display unit 24 outputs an input window so that the user can directly input the telephone number of the receiving wireless communication terminal according to the reception number input mode selected by the user, or a specific phone through a phone book or a recent call list search. Provides an interface for selecting a number.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message receiving number search method in a wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.

First, the control unit 25 enters the message transmission mode in response to receiving the message transmission mode entry request signal through the input unit (keypad) 23 (301) and receives the message contents (302).

The controller 25 determines a reception number input mode selected through the input unit (keypad) 23 among the phonebook search input mode, the call list search input mode, and the direct input mode (303).

As a result of determining the received number input mode 303, if the phonebook search input mode is selected, a receiver registration item is selected by performing a search for the phonebook (304). In operation 308, it is determined whether a telephone number (eg, a wireless communication terminal telephone number) capable of receiving a message is detected among the selected recipient registration items.

Here, the process of determining whether or not a telephone number capable of receiving a message is detected from the receiver registration item (308) will be described in more detail. The current telephone number capable of receiving a message is mainly a wireless terminal telephone number. Numbers used as leading digits (eg 010, 019) are quite limited in their kind. Therefore, after storing the number (e.g., 010, 019) used as the first digit of the wireless communication terminal telephone number in the storage unit 22, the first digit of the telephone number to be compared with the telephone number of the wireless communication terminal is compared. Each number used as the first digit is compared one by one, and the telephone number to be compared is determined as a telephone number capable of receiving a message.

As a result of determining whether the message receiving number is detected (308), when a phone number capable of receiving a message is not detected (that is, when there is no message receiving number), a predetermined message (for example, "a telephone capable of receiving a message) No number exists ”) is output through the display unit (LCD) 24 (311), and when a telephone number capable of receiving a message is detected, the process proceeds to the next step.

On the other hand, when the reception number input mode determination result 303, in the call list search input mode, a search for a recent call list is performed to select a receiver item (305), and the selected receiver item is stored in the phonebook. It is determined whether or not it matches the receiver registration item (307). That is, it is determined whether the selected recipient item is registered in the phone book. Here, the call list search input mode may be implemented to use any one or more of a search for an outgoing call list, an incoming call list, etc. as well as a recent call list.

As a result of determining whether the phonebook has been registered (307), if a matching recipient registration item exists in the phonebook, determining (308) whether or not a wireless communication terminal telephone number is detected among the corresponding recipient registration items stored in the phonebook. In step 310, if the corresponding recipient registration item does not exist in the phone book, it is determined whether the telephone number of the receiver item retrieved from the recent call list is a telephone number capable of receiving a message (310). As a result 310 of determining whether the message can be received, in the case of the telephone number where the message cannot be received, a process of outputting a predetermined message (for example, "the number that cannot be received") through the display unit (LCD) 24 (311). If it is a phone number that can receive a message, proceed to the next step. In this case, the process of determining whether the message can be received 310 is the same as the above-described process "308", and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, in the reception number input mode determination result 303, in the direct input mode, the control unit 25 directly receives the receiving telephone number from the user through the input unit (keypad) 23 (306).

Subsequently, a message receiving number selection signal and a message transmission request signal for a phone number detected from the phone book or a recent call list detected as a phone number capable of receiving a message or a phone number directly input from a user are inputted to the input unit ( As received through the keypad 23, the controller 25 transmits a message to the corresponding telephone number (309).

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

In the present invention as described above, when receiving a message when the message receiving number is selected through a search of a list such as a phone book, a recent call list, etc. when the message is received, it is possible to designate a message receiving number by detecting a phone number capable of receiving the message. There is an effect that can prevent the situation that this impossible telephone number is selected as the message receiving number.

In addition, the present invention outputs a telephone number capable of receiving a message among the plurality of telephone numbers included in a specific recipient item of the list to the user to determine whether the telephone number output as a list search result is a telephone number capable of receiving an actual message. By preventing the inconvenience of having to check again with the naked eye, there is an effect that allows the user to select a message receiving number more conveniently.

In addition, the present invention by detecting the number of the phone number that can receive a message among the number of phone numbers stored in a specific recipient item of the list and outputs on the screen, it is possible to reduce the waste of time by searching also the message number that can not receive messages There is.

Claims (8)

In a wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function, Wireless transmitting and receiving means for transmitting / receiving a wireless signal with an external device; Storage means for storing a list storing a recipient item (including a recipient telephone number); Input means for receiving various signals related to the operation of the message transmission mode and the list search input mode; And In response to a signal related to the operation of the message transmission mode and the list retrieval input mode received through the input means, a message transmission mode is entered and a receiver item can be retrieved from a list stored in the storage means to receive a message among the corresponding recipient items. Control means for controlling each of the components to send a message to the telephone number as the telephone number exists Wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function comprising a. The method of claim 1, The control means, Enter the message transmission mode according to the signal related to the message transmission mode received through the input means to receive the message content, the list stored in the storage means according to the signal associated with the list search input mode received through the input means Each of the above configurations is configured to search for one recipient item from and to determine whether to receive a message for one or more telephone numbers included in the searched recipient item, and to send a message to the corresponding phone number as a message receiving phone number exists. A wireless communication terminal having a message retrievable number retrieval function characterized by controlling an element. The method of claim 2, The storage means, It further performs the function of storing each number being used as the first digit of the telephone number where the message can be received, The control means, As a result of searching for one recipient item from the list stored in the storage means and comparing the number used as the first digit of each telephone number included in the searched recipient item and the first digit of the telephone number that can receive a message, A telephone number capable of receiving a message corresponding to the telephone number included in the receiver entry because a number used as the front digit of the telephone number capable of receiving a message matching the first digit of the daily telephone number included in the receiver entry exists. Wireless communication terminal having a message receiving number search function, characterized in that determined by. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The list is A wireless communication terminal having a message retrievable number search function comprising a phone book and a call list. In the message receiving number search method in a wireless communication terminal, Entering a message transmission mode in response to receiving a signal related to the message transmission mode; A receiver item searching step of searching for a receiver item from a previously stored list in response to receiving a signal related to a list search input mode; A message receiving number detection step of detecting a telephone number capable of receiving a message among the searched recipient items; And A message sending step of sending a message to the detected message receiving number Message receiving number search method in a wireless communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 5, The message receiving number detection step, The method for retrieving a message receiving number in a wireless communication terminal, comprising: determining one or more telephone numbers capable of receiving a message by determining whether each message is received with respect to one or more telephone numbers included in the retrieved recipient item. The method of claim 6, The message receiving number detection step, Each number (previously stored) used as the first digit of the telephone number that can receive the message and the first digit of each telephone number included in the searched recipient entry are compared one by one. According to the present invention, when there is a number used as the first digit of the telephone number for receiving a message that matches the first digit of the telephone number, the corresponding telephone number included in the receiver item is determined as the telephone number for receiving the message. Message receiving number search method in a wireless communication terminal. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, The list is Method for retrieving a message receiving number in a wireless communication terminal comprising a phone book, call list.

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